There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
“Surely--But I am very off from that. From surely. From indeed. From the decent arrow that was my clean naivete and my… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Skepticism is no more “neutral” or “objective” than faith. It has thrived in the post-Enlightenment world, which didn’t want God (or, in… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The upheaval of our world and the upheaval in consciousness is one and the same. Everything becomes relative and therefore doubtful. And… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“It’s not a matter of belief. It’s a matter of knowledge. I have knowledge beyond a reasonable doubt that there is no… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
“For so many years I lived in constant terror of myself. Doubt had married my fear and moved into my mind, where… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
It is said that Windham, when he came to the end of a speech, often found himself so perplexed by his own… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
To the men exposed to his rule Lymond never appeared ill: he was never tired; he was never worried, or pained, or… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
You can do anything you put your mind to. I believe in all of you. Never doubt yourself, even if everyone around… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that constitutional freedoms will never be abolished in one fell swoop, for the American people cherish their freedoms,… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty is a temptress. We may try our best to avoid her. But what is certain is that at some point of… — Richie Singh Copy Share Image
But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
“In fact, as I get older, I begin to feel that actually what we need more in the world is doubt; more… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, a distinction must be made between skepticism as a philosophical thesis and skepticism as an attitude in life. As a philosophical… — Julián Marías Copy Share Image
I'm not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power and something looking… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
My ego is one thing. Of course I want people to like what I do. Of course. There's no doubt. You wouldn't… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
We must avoid the spiritual disease of the Church that can become self-referential: when this happens, the Church itself becomes sick. It’s… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
Eros doomed! I doubt it...eros seems to drive most relationships, and not just those between lovers. Erotic energy is a big powerful… — Micheline Aharonian Marcom Copy Share Image
We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. There is no learning without… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Fitzgerald never got rid of anything; the ghosts of his adolescence, the failures of his youth, the doubts of his maturity plagued… — John Aldridge Copy Share Image
I am not a post-liberal and I do not think that such a return to full 19th-century anticlericalism inevitable or even likely… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“Ian pretended that not knowing what to do was the hard part when, somewhere inside, I think he knew that making a… — Meg Jay Copy Share Image
No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally,… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Every time I start on a new book, I am a beginner again. I doubt myself, I grow discouraged, all the work… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward, I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something. That… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“Despite scholasticism or skepticism, skepticism is the confirmation and proof of existence. It follows that if we affirm and confirm the existence,… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
It's not a secret that Ted Cruz isn't my first choice for the Republican nomination for president. His smug Poindexter affect, his… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
If a nonnegative quantity was so small that it is smaller than any given one, then it certainly could not be anything… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
Knowledge and personality make doubt possible, but knowledge is also the cure of doubt; and when we get a full and adequate… — Thornton T. Munger Copy Share Image
