Quotes about Doubt

Courage lightens distress, hope alleviates grief, doubt aggravates affliction, fear worsens anguish, worry magnifies misery, and faith overthrows despair.

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, then that of blindfolded fear.

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

Question with boldness even the existance of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

He prays dictatorially. When it is sunshine, he prays for rain, and when it is rain, he prays for sunshine. He follows the same idea in everything that he prays for; for what is the amount of all his prayers, but an attempt to make the Almighty change his mind, and act otherwise than he does? It is as if he were to say—- thou knowest not so well as I.

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.