Doubt Quote by Victor Hugo

“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…

— Homer

It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain'…

— Galen Strawson

Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I'm not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing. You can have an…

— Billy Bragg

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

— Victor Hugo

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot,…

— Joseph Conrad

Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but…

— Peter Adamson

“Herr Kafka, essen Sie keine Eier." (As one and only piece of dialog K recalls from his meeting with Rudolf Steiner - "Mr. Kafka…

— Franz Kafka

“And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do…

— Christopher Hitchens

Sometimes I think I am going mad. I live for days in the mystery and tears of things so that the commonest object, the…

— W.N.P. Barbellion

Scepticism, ironically, draws its life's blood from claims to have a good deal of knowledge. For example, your friends claim to know, 'Since every…

— William Lane Craig

“My main reason for scepticism about the Huxley/Sagan theory is that the human brain is demonstrably eager to see faces in random patterns, as…

— Richard Dawkins

On New Year's Eve he ould make a resolution to recover some his previous scepticism, but until then he would do as the Romans…

— Nick Hornby