Quotes About Doubt

Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed.

An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.

and didn't know her own mind, but

there in bed, wondering why she hadn't moved out

sure they were going to. In her mind, the jury was still out as to whether she would sleep with him, or they would stay friends.

we break up over this? I don't think

The words 'mainly in America' translated to me as 'this is bollocks' and I sat back in my chair with a sigh.

Ben, everything is going to get better, he heard her say in the void. Really. It has to get better, because it can't get worse. Ben opened his eyes with a jolt, staring at himself in the mirror. That's not true, he suddenly thought. It can definitely get worse. As he nodded at Sara and pretended to smile, he understood that it was the first intelligent thought he had ever had.

Maybe I should end it all before I regress.

Indecision is the source of chaos

He did not smile. I don't believe in anything, but I'm too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things.

If the Old Man said something was so, then it probably was, because he was one of these cautious babies who'll look out the window at a cloudburst and say, It seems to be raining, on the off-chance that somebody's pouring water off the roof.

Dorothy wants to talk to you. Don't ask her to eat with us. When Nora returned from the telephone she had a look in her eye. Now what's up? I asked. Nothing. Just 'how are you' and all that. I said: if you're lying to the old man, God'll punish you.

I told Nora: "I'm not one to suggest that your charm wouldn't make any man turn himself inside out for you, but don't be too sure that guy isn't kidding us." "So it's come to that," she said. "You're jealous of policemen.

We believed your two hundred dollars.

You're never satisfied until you've got two buts and an if attached to everything.

It was not knowing that was the seed of madness, loneliness, suspicion, fear.

We've become a nation of indoor cats, he'd said. A nation of doubters, worriers, overthinkers. Thank God these weren't the kind of Americans who settled this country. They were a different breed! They crossed the country in wagons with wooden wheels! People croaked along the way, and they barely stopped. Back then, you buried your dead and kept moving.

I have had friends who I decided were not good friends, were people who brought more trouble than happiness, and thus I have found ways to create more distance between us. Now I have the same thoughts about God, my faith, that I had for these friends. God is in my life but I do not depend on him. My God is not a reliable God.

How lame this is, how small, terrible. Or maybe it is beautiful. I can't decide if what I am doing is beautiful and noble and right, or small and disgusting.

What could possibly persuade a Christian to look to psychology, invented by anti-Christians and only lately come upon the scene, for help in living a life pleasing to God?

He narrows his eyes. "Is this true?" He sighs. "It is, isn't it? That's all I need.

The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves.

Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)