Quotes About Doubt

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be. But, the key is overcoming fear.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

I'd never be overly confident about anything.

My 'I can' comes from confidence really, because I'm not an overly confident person.

An old Buddhist saying: BELIEVE nothing because it is said to be of divine origin. BELIEVE nothing because a wise man said it. BELIEVE nothing because its belief is generally held. BELIEVE nothing because it is written in ancient books. BELIEVE nothing because someone else believes it. BUT believe only what you yourself know to be true.

Sincerity is all that counts -- it's a widespread modern heresy. Think again. Bolsheviks are sincere. Fascists are sincere. Lunatics are sincere. People who believe the earth is flat are sincere. They can't all be right.

Sound more mean than crazy," he said. "I don't know if I want to go

In the Arab world, at any rate, to doubt the traditional account of Islam's origins has been to risk death threats, prosecution for apostasy, or even defenestration.61

Edited by Alcuin himself, these were written to be as user-friendly as possible. No longer did words run into one another. Capital letters were deployed to signal the start of new sentences. For the first time, a single stroke like a lightning-flash was introduced to indicate doubt: the question mark.

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

That's not my picture...

Mark Twain said a century ago, "It's not what you don't know that gets you into trouble, it's what you know for sure that ain't so.

It's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know for sure that ain't so" Mark Twain

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

It seems that the people who question me the most are the ones who've committed the most outlandish or atrocious acts.

Eddie asks, So what next? And Jesus, his eyes dark but laced with a hint of mercy, the thorn scars just barely visible at his hairline, says, Damned if I know.

Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? And that's your worse fear.

I spent a long time trying to come to grips with my doubts, when suddenly I realized I had better come to grips with what I believe. I have since moved from the agony of questions that I cannot answer to the reality of answers that I cannot escape, and it's a wonderful relief.

Rosencrantz: I don't believe in it anyway. Guildenstern: What? Rosencrantz: England. Guildenstern: Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?

Well you say that it's gospel, But I know that it's only church.

A belief that doesn't require evidence is still only a belief.

All religions are a scam . . . except for yours of course.

Everybody who sets out to prove that God exists succeeds and everybody who sets out to prove that God does not exist also succeeds.