Quotes About Doubt

I'm not truly convinced solutions are coming out of Washington.

I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

Sometimes, it feels artificial to try to come up with a solution to something that none of us know how to solve.

I grew up in a life where the answer was always there, I guess. But now I'm out on my own and still looking for the answer. Nothing is solved for me.

Nobody really knows what they're doing. Some are just better at pretending like they do.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

Some people have a God because they need faith, and that's fair enough.

I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives.

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.

We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.

For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.

All I could do was try to build a new life and find a way somehow to repair some of the damage. People had every reason to doubt my sincerity, but most of them didn't. And - given my history, it was more than I could've hoped for - forgiveness and the benefit of the doubt. It still amazes me.

Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.

An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

It's quite sad that so many children go through life unsure whether their parents love them or not.

When did I start feeling so safe with him? I guess knowing that my friends wouldn't set me up with some psycho criminal helps.

The question that is upon my lips (please forgive me) is the doubt in your heart

When they love you, you'll know it. If they don't, you'll wonder all the time if they do.

The problem is this: those of us who are never satisfied with our accomplishments secretly believe nobody will love us unless we're perfect.

Love isn't really all that terrifying once you let go of your doubts.

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.