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Quotes About Doubt

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge- it is the end.
~ Goethe
Sorge Kehre nicht in diesem Kreise Neu und immer neu zurück! Laß, o laß mir meine Weise, Gönn o gönne mir mein Glück! Soll ich fliehen? Soll ich's fassen? Nun gezweifelt ist genug. Willst du mich nicht glücklich lassen, Sorge, nun so mach mich klug.
~ Goethe
But absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
~ Gordon Chang
the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'.
~ Gordon Corera
First you say I am a murderer - an agent in league against you - and now I am a deluded heartsick girl! Pray make up your mind so I can scoff at you with precision!
~ Gordon Dahlquist
Despite himself he scoffed—a staccato bark of saliva—at the very notion of ladders.
~ Gordon Dahlquist
This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question.
~ Orson Scott Card, Ender's War
Just because something is unbelievable does not mean you shouldn't believe it. Put another way, some things are worth believing in whether they're true or not.
~ Jeb Dickerson, @JebDickerson
Faith is not without worry or care, But Faith is Fear that has said a prayer.
~ Thelma Ireland, "Faith," 1943
Sunbeams shine through the clouds, Faith shines through all my doubt.
~ Terri Guillemets
On the map of faith, you are here — always right here — because you have to be to believe.
~ Terri Guillemets
A palace of doubt is senseless, The chambers have no light.
~ Terri Guillemets
Fear has big eyes.
~ Proverb
Listen to the little voice of doubt only if it has something insightful to say, not if it's just spouting fear.
~ Terri Guillemets
Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.
~ Author Unknown
Don't question God, for He may reply: "If you're so anxious for answers, come up here."
~ Author Unknown
"They say" is often a great liar.
~ Proverb
Estaban vivos a medias, o quizá menos.
~ Jack London
C'è un proverbio che afferma che la verità viene sempre a galla. Sono arrivata a dubitare di tale proverbio. Sono trascorsi diciannove anni e nonostante tutti i nostri incessanti sforzi, non siamo riusciti a trovare l'uomo che realmente lanciò la bomba.
~ Jack London
Söylemek istediÄŸim ÅŸey ÅŸu: Beni seviyorsan, beni reddedecek kadar az sevdiÄŸin güne göre, nas?l oluyor da ÅŸu anda beni daha çok seviyorsun?
~ Jack London
Quanto a me, non mi preoccupo mai di sapere se abbia ragione o no. Questo non ha importanza alcuna: l'uomo non può mai giungere all'ultima verità.
~ Jack London
Thornton's doubt was strong in his face, but his fighting spirit was aroused—the fighting spirit that soars above odds, fails to recognize the impossible, and is deaf to all save the clamor for battle.
~ Jack London
Thornton tenía la duda pintada claramente en el semblante, pero aquello despertó su espíritu de lucha, el que hace crecer al hombre ante las dificultades, le impide aceptar lo imposible y lo hace sordo a todo lo que no sea el clamor de la batalla.
~ Jack London
WARNING: DON'T ACCEPT ANY NUMBER AT FACE VALUE. Numbers are not magical, and they aren't sacred.
~ Jack Stack