Quotes on Doubt And Certainty

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.

Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

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

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

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