Quotes About Doubt

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.

When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong.

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt

Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's where doubt comes in.

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?

A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?

Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.

To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.

I'm not so sure that the value of art is all it is cracked up to be.

I tend to get very suspicious of anything that thinks it's art while it's being created.

Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh; Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear; To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh; Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.

Question everything, even the question mark, that shepherd's crook floating in the air above that small round rockIf you - stubbornly - still wish to be unhappy, maybe you can grasp it.

I always suspect an artist who is successful before he is dead.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.