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Doubt is the father of invention.
Doubt is the father of invention.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
 When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts 
nothing.  
 When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts 
nothing. 
 There lives more faith in honest doubt,
 Believe me, than in half the creeds.  
 There lives more faith in honest doubt,
 Believe me, than in half the creeds. 
 Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself 
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen read more 
 Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself 
and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of 
your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you 
can see forever. 
 Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
   - Frances R. Havergal,  
 Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
   - Frances R. Havergal, 
 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not 
of faith: for whatsoever is not read more 
 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not 
of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.