Quotes About Doubt

a sentiment, coming from it is not to be trusted.

There seems no way out. I thought, everybody is always angry about the truth even though they claim to believe in it.

But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all.

Were the "pampas," perhaps, flatter than the land they were crossing? He doubted it; what could be flatter than a horizontal plane?

I am suggesting that the radical of poetry lies not in the resolution of doubts but in their proliferation

You seriously think you got some kind of god after you?" Gary asked. Marie nodded. Gary turned to me. "I vote we drop her off at a loony bin and run for the hills." "Are you asking me to run away with you, Gary? After such a short, violent courtship?

It is harder in many ways to live in the middle than at the edges. Much harder to interpret as you see fit, because then you have no assurance you are doing right in the eyes of God, no confidence you will be rewarded in the afterlife

She asked me if Christmas was a particularly tense time and whether my father had ever hit my mother while trimming the tree. I couldn't remember anything like that happening, and although it seemed possible, I was suspicious when she asked me if my father had ever thrust the silver star at my mother to deliberately pierce her hand. I said no and she said the bastard and we both looked a little confused. (p. 9)

Love is imploring humanity: Set down your burden of doubt; in perfect faith there is neither fear nor struggle.

If you believed in something like this, it was true; if you didn't believe in it, it wasn't.

At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.

Have I become the girl who waits by the phone, hoping it will ring, who asks a friend to dial her number to make sure the phone is working?

Everyone thinks they know so goddamned much about everything and no one knows fuck all about anything.

Yow. Guys can be so insecure.

On the other hand, it seemed to be working. For Samantha, anyway. And in comparison, my own relationship with Bernard was sorely lacking. Not only in sex, but in the simple fact that I still wasn't sure I was ever going to see him again. I guess the best thing about living with a guy is that you know you're going to see him again. I mean, he has to come home at some point, right?

nonbelievers will insist on their convictions regardless how many miracles are presented to them

The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

But I could be wrong.

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

I've always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.

Gullibility kills.

The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of you are wrong? It's a possibility, you know. You must care about the truth, right?

Ubi dubium ibi libertas: Where there is doubt, there is freedom. LATIN PROVERB