Degrees Quote by Anonymous

Doubt is thought's despair; despair is personality's doubt. . . . Doubt and despair . . . belong to completely different spheres; different sides…

— Soren Kierkegaard

Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night. Faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step. Faith…

— Anonymous

Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues a defect…

— Jeremy Collier

I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing,…

— Jon Foreman

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the imagination possible.…

— James Hollis

Doubt is an uneasy and dissatisfied state from which we struggle to free ourselves and pass into the state of belief; while the latter…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant…

— Anonymous

Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of empathy across…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to…

— Alain de Botton

“Doubt is a disease that infects the mind creating a mistrust of peoples motives and ones own perceptions. Doubt has the ability to call…

— Emily Thorne

“People seem to believe that despair is the same as anguish, but it is not. It's true that despair is surrounded by anguish, but…

— Elizabeth Kostova