Doubt Quotes

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. (Pierre Abelard, 1079-1142)

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything. (George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824)

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. (Dante, 1265-1321)

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. (Denis Diderot, 1713-1784)

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson,1803-1882)

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894)

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. (Wilson Mizner, 1876-1933)

To deny, to believe, and to doubt absolutely -- this is for man what running is for a horse. (Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945)

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. (Joseph Roux, 1725-1793)

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others. (Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970)

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970)

It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish useful ideas from the worthless ones. (Carl Sagan, 1934-1996)

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616)

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds. (John Lancaster Spalding, 1840-1916)

It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything. (Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941)

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