“The more frequently you focus on your appreciation and gratitude for each breath, the greater will be your sense of daily gratitude... Now say, 'I am joyfully grateful for each and every breath.' If you have any doubt of your gratitude, just imagine the alternative for a moment - not being able to breathe!” IfsMomentsAbleDoubtGreaterFocusImagineGratitudeBreathsGratefulAppreciationBreatheAlternativesGratitude And AppreciationDaily Gratitude Author:Zelig Pliskin
“I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled or concealed; second, that there is no ground for the view that Christianity is the only alternative to communism, or that there can be no sound character training that is not based on religion; and, third, I want to make some practical suggestions to the parents who are not believers, on what they should tell the children about God, and what sort of moral training they should give them.” MenWantNeedsGivingFeelsShouldFirstsChildrenCharacterThreeParentSoundViewsMoralChristianityDoubtAtheismTrainingOrdinaryThirdsPositive AtheismBelieverPracticalsCommunismAlternativesSuggestionsJustifiedConcealedOrdinary Man Author:Margaret E. Knight
“The alternative to doubt is authority, against which science had fought for centuries.” DoubtCenturyAuthorityAlternatives Author:James Gleick
“I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.” IfsGivingKindSeemsGuyDoubtWillingFitShapesBenefitsBeing TrueAlternativesMake SenseExplanationReasonableUnlikelyMouldBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Frank Schatzing
“Pretty soon, the only doubt in my mind was the precise time and method of committing suicide. The only alternative I could see was an eternity of hell for the rest of my life in a mental hospital, and I was going to use my last ounce of free choice and choose a quick clean ending.” MindUseLastsChoicesHellDoubtEternityMethodSuicideCleanAlternativesHospitalsPreciseFree ChoiceCommitting Suicide Book:Letters Home Source: Letters Home
“The medical profession (is) a conspiracy to hide its own shortcomings. No doubt the same may be said of all professions. They are all conspiracies against the laity... (U)ntil there is a practicable alternative to blind trust in the doctor, the truth about the doctor is so terrible that we dare not face it.” MaySaidFacesDoubtTerribleDoctorsBlindDareProfessionMedicalAlternativesNo DoubtConspiracyShortcomingsMedical ProfessionBlind Trust Author:George Bernard Shaw
“If in doubt, do not pain. Inflict as little pain as possible. Look for alternatives to punishments, not only alternative punishments” IfsLooksLittlesPainDoubtPunishmentAlternatives Author:Howard Zehr