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.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will read more

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be

But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt read more

But the gods are dead--
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to 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.

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.

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.