Thomas Carlyle Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Life, Motivational, Confidence

  Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.397, Lulu.com

• The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Fear, Doubt, Unbelief

  Thomas Carlyle (1831). “Sartor Resartus: The life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in three books: By Thomas Carlyle”, p.114

• A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Believe, Men, Effort

  Thomas Carlyle (1872). “Works”, p.266

• A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs a shudder through the nether empire; and new emissaries are trained with new tactics, to, if possible, entrap and hoodwink and handcuff him.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Running, Men, Thinking

  Thomas Carlyle (1834). “Fraser's Magazine”, p.191

• If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Girl, Sarcastic, Humorous

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

  Thomas Carlyle

  Doubt, Certainty, Converting

• Doubt of any kind cannot be resolved except by action.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Doubt, Action, Kind

• Goethe's devil is a cultivated personage and acquainted with the modern sciences; sneers at witchcraft and the black art even while employing them, and doubts most things, nay, half disbelieves even his own existence.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Art, Black, Doubt

  Thomas Carlyle (1872). “Miscellanies”, p.135

• Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Mean, Intellectual, Doubt

  Thomas Carlyle, A.H.R. Ball (2014). “Selections from Carlyle”, p.93, Cambridge University Press

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