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.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his read more

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships read more

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

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.