Quotes About Doubt

Religious sects, established and marginal, and some newly invented for the purpose, were dissecting the theological implications of the Message. Some thought it was from God, and some from the Devil. Astonishingly, some were even unsure.

But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method.

Skepticism does not sell well.

Faith is clearly not enough for many people. They crave hard evidence, scientific proof. They long for the scientific seal of approval, but are unwilling to put up with the rigorous standards of evidence that impart credibility to that seal. What a relief it would be: doubt reliably abolished! Then the irksome burden of looking after ourselves would be lifted. We're worried - and for good reason - about what it means for the human future if we have only ourselves to rely upon.

Spurious accounts that snare the gullible are readily available. Skeptical treatments are much harder to find. Skepticism does not sell well.

Mašta ?e nas ?esto odvoditi do svjetova kojih nikada nije bilo. Ali bez nje nikamo ne bismo stigli. Sumnja nam omogu?uje da razlu?imo maštu od ?injenica, da provjerimo naša razmišljanja.

La prueba de ausencia no es prueba de ausencia

People's feelings are as strong as they always were, and skepticism is probably as unfashionable today as in any other age. Accordingly

When I say I'm an agnostic, I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists—at least your kind of god—and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.

saben realmente lo que afirman saber?

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absences

O primeiro pecado da humanidade foi a fé; a primeira virtude foi a dúvida.

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

We worry, and for good reason, about adults who still believe in Santa Clause.

La ausencia de pruebas no es prueba de ausencia.

Um dragão que cospe fogo pelas ventas vive na minha garagem - O Mundo assombrado pelos demônios.

Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence

Later tonight am going to tell you that I love you and maybe by that time you will be drunk enough to believe me.

I felt a great depression, probably because I never believed that anything would continue, would hold. I never thought my advance would maintain its ground. I always thought there would be a collapse immediately after the advance.

Yo no puedo cambiar la verdad! Yo no soy Dios. Ni siquiera estoy segura que él pudiese. No creo que Dios mismo pueda cambiar la verdad.

You don't have the proper amount of faith in yourself.

Worry is betting against yourself.

Daca un barbat refuza sa creada o femeie pe care pretinde ca o iubeste, atunci, spune-mi, barbate, care dintre ei este cel necredincios?

It's not the bad people who are brave I fear, it's the good people who are afraid.