Quotes About Doubt

I may be wrong and you may be right, and by an effort, we may get nearer to the truth

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

I encounter one example after another of how relative truth is.

They must find it difficult ... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority.

It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.

Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did.

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is 'merely relative,' is asking you not to believe him. So don't.

It is best not to go on for great quest for truth , it will only make you miserable

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

Belief in truth begins with doubting all that has hitherto been believed to be true.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show.

By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.

If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement.