“Melt and dispel, ye spectre-doubts, that roll
Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul!”
Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) British writer
Part II, line 263
Pleasures of Hope (1799)
“Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”
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Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018) president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Decisions Determine Destiny, fireside address http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=10726| delivered on 6 November 2005.
Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress
As quoted in Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story (1979) by A. E. Hotchner, p. 239.
Averroes (1126–1198) Medieval Arab scholar and philosopher
FM 44 as cited in: Oliver Leaman (2002) An Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy, p. 179
The Decisive Treatise
“We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.”
Emil M. Cioran book The Trouble With Being Born
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
Source: Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior (1970), p. 62
“When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?”
Lisa Randall (1962) American theoretical physicist and an expert on particle physics and cosmology
Introduction.
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Universe's Hidden Dimensions (2005)
“Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.”
Rollo May (1909–1994) US psychiatrist
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.
“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
