Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous read more

You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
Is too frequently learning to doubt.
[Fr., Vous ne prouvez que trop que chercher a connaitre
N'est souvent qu' apprendre a douter.]

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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.

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.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

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.

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

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

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people read more

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people s ofull of doubts.