Robertson Davies Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

  Robertson Davies

  Faith, Doubt, Atheism

• The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in things he doesn't consider important; in anything that touches his core he is remorseless.

  Robertson Davies

  Self, Doubt, Important

• Though thousands of people indulge themselves in it regularly, and even develop a taste for it, there is no doubt in my mind (and that of scientists whom I employ to prove it) that Work is a dangerous and destructive drug, and should be called by its right name, which is Fatigue.

  Robertson Davies

  Work, Names, People

  Robertson Davies (1986). “The papers of Samuel Marchbanks”, Viking, 1986

• There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a volume as Who Really Ought To Be Who his entry would require several pages.

  Robertson Davies

  Choices, Doubt, Age

  Robertson Davies (1986). “The papers of Samuel Marchbanks”, Viking, 1986

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