Quotes About Doubt

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Ten years ago I might have been offended, Daniel said. Now, there's nothing I'll not believe.

He was emotionally worn out from wondering what she really thought of him, and confused by the fact that he cared so deeply about her opinion. And she, maybe, was beginning to think that if Hiro was so convinced in his own mind that he was unworthy of her, maybe he knew something she didn't. Hiro

The old stars-and-moons act was a good way to farm the unduly trusting. But the need to raise money in the first place seemed to call into question one's own ability to turn lead into gold. (Enoch in Boston, 1713)

Most people, on listening to a string of nonsense, will tend to doubt their own sanity before they realize that the person who is jabbering at them is really the one with the damaged brain.

Understand that in order for organized religion to succeed, it has to make people believe they need it. In order for people to put faith in something else, they must first lose faith in themselves. So the first task of organized religion is to make you lose faith in yourself. The second task is to make you see that it has the answers you do not. And the third and most important task is to make you accept its answers without question.

See, it's just the reverse. Don't be afraid of the choice. Make the choice, then you'll know whether you've made the right one. And if it feels wrong to you, stop, turn around, and go back. And if it feels right to you, keep on going. Isn't that an interesting idea?

Do you even know who the enemy is? I think... it's me.

I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?

But I find God to be an ineffectual shrink. He adopts the "do nothing" method of therapy. You tell him your problems and he, ah, does nothing.

I'm still a nobody. When am I going to not be a nobody?

The enemy is too strong. I can't fight them. They're too smart. You're smart too, soldier. Not smart enough. So you're just going to give up? That's the plan.

Do you even know who the enemy is? I think…it's me.

I woke up one morning to discover I had lost my religous faith, as if it were a suitcase left behind in a distant airport.

Why" is a nasty little Protestant word, you follow? Catholics, now, say, "Credo, I Believe," to whatever the Pope says. If you want to ask "Why?" go ask the Anglican vicar to instruct you in unbelief and he will let you "Why-why-why?" to your heart's content.

One of the great challenges in life is knowing enough to think you're right but not enough to know you're wrong

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're wright, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.

the only people who should have their head examined are those who never ask questions.

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're right, but not enough about the subject, to know you're wrong.

To other scientists, the scientist who corrects a colleague's error, or cites good reasons for seriously doubting his or her conclusions, performs a noble deed, like a Zen master who boxes the ears of a novice straying from the meditative path, although scientists correct one another more as equals than as master and student.

Indeed, upon learning of a 1931 book entitled One Hundred Authors Against Einstein,†† he responded that if he were wrong, then only one would have been enough.

Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into believing that something is true when it is false, or that something is false when it is true.

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough to think you're right, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.

upon learning of a 1931 book entitled One Hundred Authors Against Einstein,†† he responded that if he were wrong, then only one would have been enough.