Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

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

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

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.

But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.

But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
To saucy doubts and fears.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.

To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.

To be once in doubt
Is once to be resolved.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.