“Until, accustomed to disappointments, you can let yourself rule and be ruled by these strings or emanations that connect everything together, you haven't fully exorcised the demon of doubt that sets you in motion like a rocking horse that cannot stop rocking.” TogetherDoubtHavensTrustHorseDisappointmentDemonStringsAccustomedRocking Horses Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person's confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.” LittlesPersonsDoubtInspireTrustImportanceConfidentiality Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. In the highest confidence there is always a flavor of doubt--a feeling, half instinctive and half logical, that, after all, the scoundrel may have something up his sleeve.” MenBelieveMayIdeasFeelingsHalfDoubtTrustHighestLogicalSkepticismFlavorSleevesScoundrels Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy