Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge.
[It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people read more

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt