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.

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.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
- Frances R. Havergal,

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.

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts read more

The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found