Doubt

A major theme for me this year has been uncertainty, since...well...nothing in my life is very certain right now. So I thought that for my own peace of mind I'd collect some "great wisdom" in the form of quotations about doubt and uncertainty. I'm sure copy-pasting them will at least validate them in some way, and hey, we're all graduating soon--maybe someone else will relate to them too...

"There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking." --Alfred Korzybski

"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." --Andre Gide

"We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything." --Blaise Pascal

"When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken." --David Hume

"Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties." --Erich Fromm

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough." --Frank Crane

"One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything." --Georg C. Lichtenberg

"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man." --Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt." --Rollo May

"If you're not confused, you're not paying attention." --Tom Peters