The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

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

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

To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.