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• Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Beacons, Modest

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1931, Oxford University Press

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• Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Optimism, Literature, Temples

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.130

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• There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

  Alfred Korzybski

  Life, Education, Believe

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• Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Giving, Benefits, Enough

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• To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

  George Orwell

  War, Civilization, Cities

  1945 In the Observer, 8 Apr.

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• Doubt everything. Find your own light.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Light, Thrive

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• If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak, and it will give me more courage." As the patient eyes were lifted to his face, he saw a sudden doubt in them, and then astonishment. He pressed the work-worn, hunger-worn young fingers, and touched his lips. "Are you dying for him?" she whispered. "And his wife and child. Hush! Yes." "Oh, you will let me hold your brave hand, stranger?" "Hush! Yes, my poor sister; to the last.

  Charles Dickens

  Children, Eye, Hands

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• I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward anything that is conventional wisdom. Make it justify itself. It usually can't. Be willing to ask questions about what is taken for granted. Try to think things through for yourself.

  Noam Chomsky

  Wisdom, Attitude, Taken

  Institute Professor Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, John Junkerman, Takei Masakazu (2015). “Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force”, p.5, Routledge

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• Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

  John Boyle O'Reilly

  Brother, Despair, Devil

  John Boyle O'Reilly (1907). “Watchwords”

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• Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

  Dorothy Parker

  Love, Inspirational, Curiosity

  Dorothy Parker, “Inventory”

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• Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Boyfriend, Valentines Day

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]

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• Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Truth, Honesty

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• Being uncertain and scared and riddled with doubt some days isn't a sign of bad things to come. It's actually quite the opposite. After all, if great things weren't on the horizon, I don't think the enemy would be so bent on attacking us.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Thinking, Opposites, Enemy

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Dec 04, 2016

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• There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhism, Siddhartha, Anticipation

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• 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

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• The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Fear, Unbelief, Fearful

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

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• Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Jealousy, Madness, Certainty

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• There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Finding The One, Literature, Suspicion

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.116, Penguin

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• Most unsuccessful people let their fears and doubts have the final say in how they live their lives.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, People, Finals

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Aug 05, 2013

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• When in doubt, scribble.

  Jean Wilson

  Scribbles, When In Doubt

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• Doubt is the vestibule of faith.

  Charles Caleb Colton

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• Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.

  Victor Hugo

  Mind, Shadow, Body

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• Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear.

  Robert Browning

  Mean, Entertaining, Recognizing

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.582, Wordsworth Editions

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• Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.

  Aaron Hill

  Mind, Arguing, Dare

  Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.21

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• Many with trust, with doubt few, are undone.

  Sir Fulke Greville

  Undone

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