He who replies to words of doubt
doth put the light of knowledge out.
So, what can I do?” I asked.
“Annoy?”
I gave him a hurt look.
Justus pulled the tip of his hoodie over his eye and lowered his voice. “It remains to be seen; sometimes it takes years to uncover abilities.”
“Maybe I can’t do anything.”
His blue eyes flashed up to mine. “Learner, we are all gifted.
Tags: doubt magic gifts abilities learn mage sterling annoy justus blue-eyes gifted
I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.
David James Duncan[Doubt] is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the men who made the democracy that we live under. The idea that no one really knew how to run a government led to the idea that we should arrange a system by which new ideas could be developed, tried out, and tossed out if necessary, with more new ideas bought in - a trial-and-error system. This method was a result of the fact that science was already showing itself to be a successful venture at the end of the eighteenth century. Even then it was clear to socially minded people that the openness of possibilities was an opportunity, and that doubt and discussion were essential to progress into the unknown. If we want to solve a problem that we have never solved before, we must leave the door to the unknown ajar...doubt is not to be feared, but welcomed and discussed.
Richard P. FeynmanTags: science doubt reason democracy discussion
Oh God, what's wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out?
Helen FieldingTags: doubt desperation
Faith without a measure of doubt ain't worth a brass farthin'.
Howard Frank MosherDoubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.
Criss JamiTags: life honesty doubt questioning questions writing inspiration faith atheism storytelling realism agnosticism realistic convincing theism memorable believable
It isn't fair how I doubt him, and I wonder if he'll ever gather that my loss of faith extends further than I'd ever known it would, severing lines of trust and leveling my confidence like a city-flattening tornado.
Tammara WebberTags: doubt trust loss-of-faith
I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.
Ayn RandTags: truth doubt oppression challenge subversion minority-opinion
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.
I attack the monsters, the phantoms of imagination that have ruled the world. I attack slavery. I ask for room -- room for the human mind.
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