“Life is doubt,
And faith without doubt is nothing but death.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
“Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.”
Source: The Courage to Create (1975), Ch. 1 : The Courage to Create, p. 21
Context: The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.
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Leo Igwe (1970) Nigerian human rights activist
A Manifesto for a Skeptical Africa (2012)
Context: Most Africans cannot think freely or express their doubts openly because these religions have placed a huge price on freethinking and critical inquiry. Because these belief systems rely on paranormal claims themselves, Africans feel they cannot speak out against superstition as a whole, or they will be ostracized or even killed by religious zealots. Belief in demonic possession, faith healing, and the “restorative” power of holy water can have deadly consequences for believers and whole communities. Africans must reject superstitious indoctrination and dogmatization in public institutions. Africans need to adopt this cultural motto: Dare to think. Dare to doubt. Dare to question everything in spite of what the superstitious around you teach and preach. Africans must begin to think freely in order to ‘emancipate themselves from mental slavery’ and generate ideas that can ignite the flame of an African enlightenment.
“Inigo is, without a shadow of a doubt, a player.”
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
6-Dec-2005, DCFC website
No arguing with that one.
“There can be no faith without doubt. No strength without temptation. (Rafael)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
“What anxiety when one is not sure of one's doubts or wonders: are these actually doubts?”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“When in doubt, be ridiculous.”
Sherwood Smith (1951) American fantasy and science fiction writer
Remalna's Children (Crown & Court 2.5, 2011)
Source: Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction