Quotes about Doubt

Well now, I dunno

You couldn't really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried, could you?

But he wasn't talking to me,' protested Anne. 'He was talking to God and he didn't seem to be very much interested in it, either. I think he thought God was too far off to make it worth while.

What I want is a housekeeper. If I shaved every Sunday and went to church I'd get all the housekeepers I'd want. I'd be respectable then. But what's the use of going to church when it's all settled by predestination? Tell me that, Miss.

I've no doubt, enjoying himself same as ever. Just like a man.

Because I simply couldn't make up my mind to do it. I never can make up my mind about anything myself—I'm always afflicted with indecision. Just as soon as I decide to do something I feel in my bones that another course would be the correct one. It's a dreadful misfortune, but I was born that way, and there is no use in blaming me for it, as some people do.

Mor had said she would pray for them. One side of Signe's mind said, Bosh, a waste of time. But the other side, the one that grew up praying and believing that God was indeed real and in His heaven, that He cared about His people here on earth and listened to their cries—that part fought to break free from the chest where she had banished it.

Knowing in her head that God knew of His plans for her and convincing her heart were two different things.

Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.

Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.

Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

The larger the island of knowledge the longer the shore line of wonder. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge.