Quotes about Doubt

The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he shatter her? What has this god of yours ever really done for you? She stood very still for a long moment, her back to him. Everything.

infant's face and brushed the tiny palm. When the baby's fingers closed around his finger, his heart raced even faster. Never had he felt such encompassing joy—and spreading terror. Am I to be his earthly father, Lord? A simple carpenter? Surely your Son deserves better than I! Joseph looked around at the dark walls of the shepherds

But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Oh, God, I can't hope for anything. I can't. I won't survive if I do.

The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he shatter her? 'What has this god of yours ever really done for you?' She stood very still for a long moment, her back to him. 'Everything.

There's a Bene Gesserit saying," she said. "You have sayings for everything!" he protested. "You'll like this one," she said. "It goes: 'Do not count a human dead until you've seen his body. And even then you can make a mistake.

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, she said. I just didn't think it would be this hard.

Remember your philosopher's doubts, Miles. Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.

The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.

She said: "My Uncle Malky used to say that love was a bad bargain because you get no guarantees.

What do you mean—desire, data and doubt?" "Desire brings the participants together. Data set the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.

If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.