Quotes About Doubt

I try not to believe in God, of course, but sometimes things happen in music, in songs, that bring me up short, make me do a double-take.

I'm someone who's mostly dead inside but still has a little hope for something extraordinary, which, as I said, is the worst breed of human, because it means I know everything is bullshit, but that I secretly hope for the day when it might not be.

That he liked to think of himself as a philosopher. That he questioned all things, even the most simple, to the extent that when someone passing him on the street raised his hat and said, 'Good day,' Litvinoff often paused so long to weigh evidence that by the time he'd settled on an answer the person had gone on his way, leaving him standing alone.

I knew how to raise my own child, what did he think it was, a game of Scrabble or Monopoly, there are no rules, was she so blind that she couldn't see that all that mental midget had done was turn her into a nervous wreck, full of doubt about something that had come naturally to her from the beginning, something any idiot could see, which was that she was a wonderful mother, full of love and patience?

Not that you lied to me but that I no longer believe you has shaken me.

skepticism regarding morality is what is decisive

Anyone who silences someone else because they believe the other person's opinion is false assumes infallibility. They must be absolutely certain that they are correct on the matter.

Never in my life have I feared death as much as I feared that resurrection.

A prophet is the one who, when everyone else despairs, hopes. And when everyone else hopes, he despairs. You'll ask me why. It's because he has mastered the Great Secret: that the Wheel turns.

The great difference between us is this: you believe you have found salvation, and believing this, you are saved; I believe that salvation doesn't exist, and believing this, I am saved.

God replies every time we question him, but our flesh is bemired and almost deaf: we do not hear.

If you have faith, a splinter from an old door will become a holy relic. And if you have no faith the entire holy cross will become an old door.

Conquer the last, the greatest temptation of all: Hope. This is the third duty.

I think I am going to die of anguish. I cannot do it. I do not have the strength any longer to begin. My mind is fully armed, but I am unable to take the frightening leap.

our world has a growing need for people trained in profound degrees of doubt, more so than for people skilled at handling certainties.

Are you sure you want to quit? All unsaved progress will be lost.

Rob J.' s revelation was science, a faith less comfortable and far less comforting. Truth was its deity, proof was its state of grace, doubt was its liturgy. It held as many mysteries as other religions and was beset with shadowy trails that led to profound dangers, terrifying cliffs, and the deepest pits. No higher power shed a light to illuminate the dark and murky way, and he had only his own frail judgment with which to choose the paths to safety.

Quizás algún día volvamos a vernos. —No lo creo. Se abrazaron.

Y después de rezar toda la vida ante un santuario como aquél, ya no podía empezar a creer de pronto en un Dios salvador simplemente porque se veía necesitado de salvación.

if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that I'm supposed not to believe in, and I've never seen an explanation.

I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

When everyone says the same thing about some complex topic, what should come to your mind is, 'wait a minute, nothing can be that simple, something's wrong.' That's the immediate light that should go off in your brain when you ever hear unanimity on some complex topic. (The Ezra Klein Show 2021/04/23)

It's always hard to remember love - years pass and you say to yourself, Was I really in love, or was I just kidding myself? Was I really in love, or was I just pretending he was the man of my dreams? Was I really in love, or was I just desperate?

Doubt is to me the handmaiden to faith, its cop, the one that keeps faith straight. To doubt is an indication of freedom and a guard against fanaticism.