Faith And Doubt Quotes

• Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.

  Rob Bell

  Our World, Opposites, People

  "The Gift of Doubt" by Shea Watts, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2015.

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• Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

  Paul Tillich

  Faith, Opposites, Doubt

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• The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

  Peter Abelard

  Success, Faith, Motivation

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• I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

  Robert Browning

  Faith, Doubt, Shows

  Robert Browning, John Woolford, Daniel Karlin (1991). “The Poems of Browning: 1847-1861”, p.192, Pearson Education

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• Faith precedes the miracle. It has ever been so and shall ever be. It was not raining when Noah was commanded to build an ark. There was no visible ram in the thicket when Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. Two heavenly personages were not yet seen when Joseph knelt and prayed. First came the test of faith–and then the miracle. Remember that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. Cast out doubt. Cultivate faith.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Rain, Son, Sacrifice

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  The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Confidence, Wisdom

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• Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Inspirational, Faith, Doubt

  "The Agony of Christianity". Book by Miguel de Unamuno, 1931.

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• Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Doubt

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• Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

  Criss Jami

  Exclamation Points, Doubt, Stories

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.98, Criss Jami

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• When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

  E. A. Bucchianeri

  Doubt, Littles, Have A Little Faith

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• There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Faith, Honesty

  'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 96

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• Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

  Lillian Smith

  Faith, Second Chance, Curves

  Lillian Eugenia Smith (1954). “The journey”, World Publishing Company

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• I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

  Wilson Mizner

  Faith, Education, Teacher

  Quoted in Edward Dean Sullivan, The Fabulous Wilson Mizner (1935)

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• In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

  Blaise Pascal

  Life, Faith, Christian

  "Pensées" by Blaise Pascal, 1669.

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• Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Doubt

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.234, John Wiley & Sons

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• If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

  Rene Descartes

  Life, Truth, Real

  "Principles of Philosophy". Book by Rene Descartes, 1644.

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• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

  Francis of Assisi

  Love, God, Christian

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

  Henry David Thoreau

  Believe, Doubt, Pay

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2130, Delphi Classics

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• Have faith in your faith-and doubt your doubts.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Faith, Doubt, Have Faith

  Robert H Schuller (2006). “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!”, p.134, Orient Paperbacks

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• Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Faith, Atheist

  Voltaire (1919). “Voltaire in His Letters: Being a Selection from His Correspondence”

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• Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

  Bertrand Russell

  Foolish Man, Wisest Man, Thought Provoking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Faith, Lonely

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

  Peter Ustinov

  Faith, Atheist, People

  "2000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People with the Courage to Doubt". Book by James A. Haught, 1996.

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• Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

  Andre Gide

  Truth, Believe, Profound

  "Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits". Book by André Gide, p. 174, 1952.

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• Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Life, Faith, Doubt

  "Salmo II" (1907)

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