Quotes About Doubt

1. "Knowledge is an attribute (sifah) through which ignorance, doubt, or conjecturing is removed from him who is alive."129

Proof of Your existence? There is nothing but.

Belief is a poor substitute for certain knowledge.

I've often hesitated in beginning a project because I've thought, "It'll never turn out to be even remotely like the good idea I have as I start." I could just "feel" how good it could be. But I decided that, for the present, I would create the best way I know how and accept the ambiguities.

I can't remember exactly when I decided that Konradin had to be my friend, but that one day he would be my friend I didn't doubt.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.

Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

She better not die this time," I guess I said.

Everyone who doubts knows that he is doubting, so that he is certain of this truth at least, namely the fact that he doubts. Thus every one who doubts whether there is such a thing as truth, knows at least one truth, so that his very capacity to doubt should convince him that there is such a thing as truth.

The Skeptic's mistake lies in thinking that we should tie our hands behind our backs just because we will not be able to reach rock-hard conclusions.

There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid.

She's thinking I betrayed her, and she's thinking it now! I can't live with that.

There are no Miracles for those that have no FAITH in them.

Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to answer.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

The starry sky is the truest friend in life, when you first become acquainted; it is ever there, it gives ever peace, ever reminds you that your restlessness, your doubt, your pains are passing trivialities. The universe is and will remain unshaken. Our opinions, our struggles, or sufferings are not so important and unique, when all is said and done.

Hope is a rickety craft to trust one's self to. I

Cerul înstelat este ce cel mai sincer prieten din via??; este mereu acolo, î?i d? întotdeauna pace, î?i aminte?te mereu c? nelini?tea ta, îndoiala ta, durerile tale sunt nimicuri trec?toare. Universul este ?i va r?mâne de neclintit. Când tragem linie, opiniile noastre, luptele noastre, suferin?ele noastre nu sunt a?a de importante ?i de unice.

Then one day followed the next without the basic questions of life ever being solved.

Jeg får vel ta meg en kikk på ham. Forfattere er alltid litt tvilsomme personer, men jeg vet nok hvordan jeg skal ta den slags typer.

Then and Now In younger days each morning I rose with joy, To weep at nightfall; now, in my later years, Though doubting I begin my day, yet Always its end is serene and holy.

That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.