Doubt Quote by Oliver James

“optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to…

— Thomas Ligotti

“To recognize what is absurd and to accept it need not dim the eye for the tragic side of existence; quite on the contrary,…

— Gregor von Rezzori

“This seems plainly absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. One”

— Bertrand Russell

“Let me tell you, novice, that the absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities, and perhaps nothing would have…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. This must not be forgotten. This…

— Albert camus

“The feeling of absurdity does not spring from the mere scrutiny of a fact or an impression, but that it bursts from the comparison…

— Albert Camus

“There is enough mystery in human nature to keep the world stuck in a perpetual state of righteous speculation. Only the wise and compassionate…

— Shannon L. Alder

“We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know…

— Thomas Mann

“An uncertain and doubting mind leads to fresh world visions and the possibility of new and ever-changing realities.”

— Michael Shermer

“Wonder is the sense, which comes in a flash but won’t go away, that things are not as straightforward as they seem, that the…

— Eva Brann

“God, listen to the absurdity within us and raise us from the illusion!”

— Sorin Cerin

“literature can very well describe the absurd, but it should never become absurd itself”

— Isaac Bashevis Singer