Quotes About Doubt

way." The giant scratched his head and looked doubtful.

Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers.

The whole business of what's reality and what isn't has never been solved and probably never will be. So I don't care to be too definite about anything. I have a lot of edges called Perhaps and almost nothing you can call Certainty.

I WAKE CLOSE TO MORNING Why do people keep asking to see God's identity papers when the darkness opening into morning is more than enough? Certainly any god might turn away in disgust. Think of Sheba approaching the kingdom of Solomon. Do you think she had to ask, "Is this the place?

I have a lot of edges called Perhaps and almost nothing you can call Certainty.

Why do people keep asking to see God's identity papers when the darkness opening into morning is more than enough? Certainly any god might turn away in disgust. Think of Sheba approaching the kingdom of Solomon. Do you think she had to ask, "Is this the place?

Why do people keep asking to see God's identity papers when the darkness opening into morning is more than enough?

My bias is that it does exist. But I would never say that I know that. Until I prove it.

Alas, for me, a belief is not something you are born into or that you simply choose to adopt one day. Belief, for me, calls for plausibility. And so I continue my wanderings.

I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I learned about as a Catholic child, as an 18-year-old novice in a religious community, as an agnostic graduate student, as - but who cares about my disguises? Or God's.

Alas! Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

On being charged with the fact, the poor girl confirmed the suspicion in a grat measure by her extreme confusion of manner.

Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?

I felt languid, and unable to reflect on all that had passed. The whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream; I sometimes doubted if indeed it were all true, for it never presented itself to my mind with the the force of reality.

Alas! Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness? I feel as if I were walking on the edge of a precipice, towards which thousands are crowding, and endeavouring to plunge me into the abyss.

Alas! Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?

when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of happiness?

Si la mentira se parece tanto a la verdad, ¿quién puede creer en la felicidad?

Puede que sea inocente del crimen, ¡pero está claro que tiene mala conciencia!

sister or a brother can never, unless indeed such symptoms have been shewn early, suspect the other of fraud or false dealing, when another friend, however strongly he may be attached, may, in spite of himself, be invaded with suspicion. But

He may be innocent of the murder, but he has certainly a bad conscience.

Ay! Víctor, cuando la felicidad puede adoptar la apariencia de verdad, ¿quién puede estar seguro de alcanzar alguna felicidad?

It seemed to me as if nothing would or could ever be known. All that had so long engaged my attention suddenly grew despicable.

If you're in doubt choosing between two actions, remember this is an example of free will, and if you later regret your choice, it may nevertheless steer you in the right direction.