Quotes About Doubt

Nebesa nejsou humánní a já už toho mám dost.

Jesus never let me down You know Jesus used to show me the score Then they put Jesus in show business Now it's hard to get in the door.

I don't believe the Devil, I don't believe his book, but the truth is not the same without the lies he made up.

The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.

The less you know, The more you believe.

I don't believe the devil, I don't believe his book, but the truth is not the same without the lies he made up

It takes great faith to have no faith.

So what you're left with is: either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. I mean, we're talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson. - Bono on whether Jesus was Son of God was far-fetched.

I mostly find religiosity annoying, right up at the top of the annoying is the pigheaded certainty of the devout without the doubt.

It's as if I have my own persona satan trolling at my shoulder, sowing doubt at every turn. The little divil sprays emotional graffiti all over the walls of my self-respect. But the little divil is me, so why would I put myself through this?

I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church.

I confess that what I saw during my month of travel and investigation left me with a very heavy heart. The work to be done in order to lift these people up seemed almost beyond accomplishing. I was only one person, and it seemed to me that the little effort which I could put forth could go such a short distance toward bringing about results. I wondered if I could accomplish anything, and if it were worth while for me to try.

The Commission pressed Churchill: when did he imagine that this would be

Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, Doubt (called "the father of inventions" by Galileo), be in religion what the priests term it, the greatest of sins?

Fear is the opposite of faith

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness.

It may feel less secure than if everyone agrees on what is true, but the feeling of security is just that - a feeling, not the real thing. Less secure is often more reliable.

The use and abuse of belief is the fundamental issue for the twenty-first century.

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

It was easy to trust your own eyes, wasn't it? We all did. We weren't crazy. The other guy was. That was part of the human condition. We understand our own perspective too well. So

Believing in nurture is like believing in God. You might be wrong, but you might as well cover your bases.

It's too hard for people to accept. The weak-minded invent invisible gods and gardens and reunions in paradise. Or some. like you, won't buy unto that nonsense, but it's still too painful to admit the truth. So you come up with this 'how can we know?' rationale.