Quotes About Doubt

The Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt.

Jangan percaya begitu saja pada apa yang disebut sebagai sejarah

The others believed me wise because I won, but they didn't know the many instances in which I have been foolish because I lost, and they didn't know that a few seconds before winning I wasn't sure I wouldn't lose.

Never trust originality.

Creo que, a ciertas alturas, ya no hay diferencia entre acostumbrarse a fingir que se cree y acostumbrarse a creer

En París siempre tienen la respuesta verdadera? —Nunca, pero están muy seguros de sus errores.

Yo sospecho, sospecho siempre.

But evidence is not enough for those who want to live in a horror novel.

WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: [after finding the secret room of books in the tower] How many more rooms? Ah! How many more books? No one should be forbidden to consult these books freely. ADSO OF MELIC: Perhaps they are thought to be too precious, too fragile. WILLIAM OF BASKERVILLE: No, it's not that, Adso. It's because they often contain a wisdom that is different from ours and ideas that could encourage us to doubt the infallability of the word of God... And doubt, Adso, is the enemy of faith.

i filosofi sono specializzati nel formulare domande di cui non conoscono le risposte, mentre un pastore d'anime è per definizione colui che ha sempre la risposta giusta. Fortunatamente

Der Teufel ist nicht der Fürst der Materie, der Teufel ist die Anmaßung des Geistes, der Glaube ohne ein Lächeln, die Wahrheit, die niemals vom Zweifel erfasst wird.

Qué pensaba yo en realidad hace quince años? Consciente de mi incredulidad me sentía culpable entre la multitud de los que creían. Puesto que sentía que no se equivocaban, decidí creer como quien se toma una aspirina. Daño no hace, y uno mejora.

Don't build a castle of suspicions on one word.

Ruh yaln?z gerçeÄŸi düÅŸünürken dingindir; iyi iÅŸlerden sevinç duyar; gerçeÄŸe ve iyi ÅŸeylereyse gülünmez. Ä°sa'n?n gülmeyiÅŸinin nedeni buydu iÅŸte. Gülme kuÅŸkunun k??k?rt?c?s?d?r.' 'Ama kimi zaman kuÅŸkulanmak doÄŸrudur.

Si, te han mentido. El diablo no es el príncipe de la materia, el diablo es la arrogancia del espíritu, la fe sin sonrisa, la verdad jamás tocada por la duda. El diablo es sombrío porque sabe adónde va y siempre va hacia el sitio que procede. Eres el diablo, y como el diablo vives en las tinieblas.

Svestan da ne verujem, ose?ao sam krivicu što svi oko mene veruju. Pošto sam ose?ao da su u pravu, odlu?io sam da i sam po?nem da verujem, i to onako kako se pije aspirin. Ne škodi, a bude nam bolje.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they believe in nothing. They believe in everything.

O sea que, después de una vida de incertidumbres, entusiasmos y desilusiones, de vileza y de traición, al ver que ya nada podía hacer para evitar su ruina, decidía abrazar la fe de su juventud, sin seguir preguntándose si ésta era justa o equivocada, como si quisiera mostrarse a sí mismo que era capaz de creer en algo.

For what I was to see at the abbey would make me think that it is often inquisitors who create heretics.

Ogni qual volta un politico getta dubbi sulla legittimità del parlamento perché non rappresenta più la voce del popolo, possiamo sentire l'odore di Ur-Fascismo.

En me retraçant ces détails, j'en suis à me demander s'ils sont réels, ou bien si je les ai rêvés.

I won, but I might also have lost. The others believed me wise because I won, but they didn't know the many instances in which I have been foolish because I lost, and they didn't know that a few seconds before winning I wasn't sure I wouldn't lose.

Gli Adepti del Velame ricordano qualcuno che sentendosi dire: Signore, lei è un ladro, mi creda!, reagisca con: Che cosa intende con 'mi creda'? Vuol forse insinuare che io sia diffidente?

We are our own worst enemy.