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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.
 Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
 That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
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 Make me to see't; or at the least so prove it
 That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
  To hang a doubt on--or woe upon thy life! 
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair.  
 Uncertain ways unsafest are,
 And doubt a greater mischief than despair. 
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.
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.
 Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
   - Frances R. Havergal,  
 Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.
   - Frances R. Havergal, 
 You prove but too clearly that seeking to know
 Is too frequently learning to doubt.
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 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.] 
By banishing doubt and thinking in no-limit ways, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through. read more
By banishing doubt and thinking in no-limit ways, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through. The power of intention is so deficient of doubt that when you're connected to it you see what you'd like to have as already being present.
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 so full of doubts.