Quotes About Doubt

The psyche's attachment to the brain, i.e., its space-time limitation, is no longer as self-evident and incontrovertible as we have hitherto been led to believe. … It is not only permissible to doubt the absolute validity of space-time perception; it is, in view of the available facts, even imperative to do so.

A belief proves to me only the phenomenon of belief, not the content of the belief.

if you never make a decision, you can't make a mistake). It

Ask yourself, "Why does this person need to convince me?" The answer turns out is not about him, it's about you. The reason someone promises something, the reason he needs to convince you is that he can see that you're not convinced, you have doubt, which is a messenger of intuition, likely because there is reason to doubt.

When people are telling the truth, they don't feel doubted, so they don't feel the need for additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn't sound credible to them, so they keep talking. Each

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki said, "The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities." People enjoying so-called beginner's luck prove this all the time.

THE MESSENGERS OF INTUITION Nagging feelings Persistent thoughts Humor Wonder Anxiety Curiosity Hunches Gut feelings Doubt Hesitation

Rule #1. The very fact that you fear something is solid evidence that it is not happening.

I'm not sure this is a world I belong in anymore. I'm not sure that I want to wake up.

I understood all that in my head, but I still didn"t believe it in my heart.

I don't know who I am. Or maybe I do know who I am and I just don't want to be her anymore.

Anything that kills hope is a sin.

And the voice grows stronger and stronger, and it's my voice this time and it's asking a question: How does she know?

Are you coming down with something?" Mom asks. And just for the tiniest of seconds, I wonder what would happen if I told them the truth. That school is nothing like I imagined it would be. That I'm not the girl in the catalog at all. I'm not a Happy College Student. I don't know who I am. Or maybe I do know who I am and I just don't want to be her anymore.

Doubt is part of searching. Same as faith.

La gente sólo cree lo que quiere creer.

Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.

I've come to realize there's a world of difference between knowing something happened, even knowing why it happened, and believing it. Because when she cut off contact, yeah, I knew what had happened. But it took me a long, long time to believe it. Some days, I still don't quite believe it.

It had given me a bad feeling, though I wasn't sure if it was because I was scared I wasn't going to find him, or scared of just what I might find.

They say that things happen for a reason, but I don't know that I buy that

There." I'm not exactly sure where there is, but by the way he says it, I know it's not a place you'd want to be.

Why had she asked a mirror—or anyone for that matter—to tell her who she was?

No estoy segura de que este mundo siga siendo mi sitio. No estoy segura de querer despertarme