Philosophy when superficially studied, excites
doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
?Francis Bacon
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.
There is a microscopically thin line between
being brilliantly creative and acting like the most
gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
?Cynthia Heimel
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.
Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates
friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is
a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
?Buddha
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
?Hungarian Proverb
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
?Robertson Davies
A weak man has doubts before a decision;
a strong man has them afterwards.
?Karl Kraus
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
?Thomas Carlyle
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an
art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
?Charles Sanders Peirce
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doubt is the father of invention.
?Galileo Galilei
I'd rather see folks doubt what's
true than accept what isn't.
?Frank A. Clark
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know
that faith is his twin brother.
?Kahlil Gibran
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
?Chinese Proverb
To have doubted one's own first principles
is the mark of a civilized man.
?Oliver Wendell Holmes
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy
no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
?George Gordon Byron
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
?George Iles
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
?Brazilian Proverb
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
?Francis Quarles
Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.
?Philip James Bailey
The whole problem with the world is that fools
and fanatics are always so certain of
themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
?Bertrand Russell
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your
doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you
embark for strange places, don't leave any
of yourself safely on shore. Have the
nerve to go into unexplored territory.
?Alan Alda
When you doubt, abstain.
?Zoroaster
No man likes to have his intelligence or
good faith questioned, especially
if he has doubts about it himself.
?Henry Brooks Adams
