Quotes about Doubt

Believing that there is no God does not mean that there isn't one.

Not all who hesitate are lost.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Better remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

I think the essential point is a weakness of faith.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?

When hard times come, people should lose their faith in false doctrine, not in God.

A true believer may spend a sleepless night doubting God. But what keeps a Communist awake at night is his fear there is a God. His wishful thinking is that God does not exist. For if there is no God, there is no Judge and, therefore, no judgment for his wickedness. But if there is a God, he knows he will not fare well before him. Or that God will make demands on him he does not wish to fulfill.

If a thousand things that made sense to me had turned out wrong, perhaps this thing that didn't make sense would turn out right.