John le Carre Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.

  John le Carre

  Philosophical, Thinking, People

  John le Carre (2002). “The Honourable Schoolboy”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

• When it comes to recruiting people for the secret world, what the recruiters are looking for is pretty much what I had. I was unanchored, looking for an institution to look after me. I had a bit of larceny. I understood larceny. I understood the natural criminality in people - because it was - it was all around me. And I have no doubt there was a chunk of it inside me too. Once I found that identity, it took root in me. It exactly - it gelled with the world that I'd known in the past.

  John le Carre

  Past, People, Doubt

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• [My novels] introduce levels of intelligence ... moral doubt [and] self-doubt, which may not pertain [to real-world espionage].

  John le Carre

  Real, Self, Doubt

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