“Life's sunniest hours are not without The shadow of some lingering doubt-- Amid its brightest joys will steal Spectres of evil yet to feel-- Its warmest love is blent with fears, Its confidence a trembling one-- Its smile--the harbinger of tears-- Its hope--the change of April's sun! A weary lot--in mercy given, To fit the chastened soul for heaven.” FeelsSoulJoyEvilGivenHeavenHoursLove IsSunDoubtTearsFitShadowMercyStealingWearyAprilTremblingLingeringHarbingerSpectre Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think fit; but if any one tells you that a man has changed his character, do not believe it.” IfsThinkingMenShouldBelieveCharacterLibertyDoubtChangedFitMountain Author:Mehmed the Conqueror
“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
“A Sceptick therefore, who because he finds that Truths are not universally received, doubts of their existence, is just as foolish as a man who should try large shoes upon little feet, and little shoes upon large feet, and finding that they did not fit.” MenShouldTryingLittlesExistenceDoubtFeetFitFindingsShoesFoolish Author:James Boswell
“Blake expressed some doubt as to whether God had made the tiger. But the tiger is in many ways an admirable animal. We have now to ask whether God made the tapeworm. And it is questionable whether an affirmative answer fits in either with what we know about the process of evolution or what many of us believe about the moral perfection of God.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveMadeAsksProcessAnswersAnimalMoralDoubtEvolutionFitPerfectionTigersAdmirableAffirmativeQuestionableBlakeMoral Perfection Author:John B. S. Haldane