Quotes About Doubt

Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer?

When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human, that pain is to be endured and fades, if it fades, only with time, then God became nothing to me but a dyslexic dog, with neither bark nor bite.

surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosingn immobility as a means of transportation.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation

El hecho de escoger la duda como filosofía de vida es como elegir la inmovilidad como forma de transporte.

Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

Kita tentunya juga diperbolehkan merasa ragu. Tapi kita mesti jalan terus. Memilih keraguan sebagai falsafah hidup sama halnya memilih kemandekan sebagai sarana transportasi.

It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them—and then they leap.

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on.

Now he realized that this matter of faith was either radically to be taken seriously or radically not to be taken seriously.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love.

Religion?" Mr. Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

Surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while.

Scegliere il dubbio come filosofia di vita equivale ad eleggere l'immobilità a proprio mezzo di trasporto.

many people seem to lose God along life's way.

I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

O sa fiu cinstit. Nu ateii imi stau in gat, ci agnosticii. Indoiala e buna un timp. Toti trebuie sa trecem prin Gradina Ghetsemani. Daca si Cristos a simtit-o, trebuie s-o facem si noi. Daca Cristos a petrecut o noapte dureroasa in rugaciune, daca a izbucnit, pe cruce:"Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, de ce m-ai parasit?", atunci toti avem dreptul la indoiala.Dar trebuie sa mergem mai departe. A alege indoiala ca filozofie de viata e la fel cum ai alege imobilitatea ca mijloc de transport.

It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while......But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Cuesta creer que existe el amor, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier amante. Cuesta creer que existe la vida, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier científico. Cuesta creer que existe Dios, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier creyente. ¿Qué problema tienen con lo que cuesta creer?

To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it's white noise.