Doubt Quotes

“What the world wants is a Christian church that has both the courage of its convictions and the courage of its doubts.”

“By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.”

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”

“Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.”

“I was 11 when I started, and I'd been working for a year, and I was just like, 'God, I'm never going to be able to do this again. This is a one-shot deal for me.'”

“Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.”

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”

“Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.”

“Premature certainty is the devil of philosophy.”

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

“To philosophize is to doubt.”

“I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if he wanted, but I don't think he would.”

“I am a daylight atheist.”

“The scientific man is not in the least wedded to his conclusions. He is leaning backwards, in the attitude of doubt.”

“Doubt is my religion. It is the engine of my inquiry.”

“When a man says he has an open mind, he generally means he is in a state of doubt.”

“We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until we are forced to think, and we are not forced to think unless we are in a state of doubt.”

“I am for the woods against the world, but are the woods for me?”

“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.”

“To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.”