#doubt

In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create order. In times such as ours, however, when there is too much order, too much management, too much programming and control, it becomes the duty of superior men and women to fling their favorite monkey wrenches into the machinery. To relive the repression of the human spirit, they must sow doubt and disruption. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#disruption #doubt #order #revolution #system

Don’t you ever get scared?” I ask. “Of what?” She says. “Of not being good enough.” “You mean at writing?” L’il asks. I nod. “What if I’m the only one who thinks I can do it and no one else does? What if I’m fooling myself-“ “Oh, Carrie.” She smiles. “Don’t you know that every writer feels that way? Fear is part of the job. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#future-plans #inspirational #writing #inspirational

Doubters don't mean a damn thing. I doubt it'll rain tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I control the rain. What I think has no bearing on what is. The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#inspirational #self-improvement #wisdom #inspirational

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. Is there some part of your life which you are refusing to surrender at his behest, some sinful passion, maybe, or some animosity, some hope, perhaps your ambition or your reason? ... How can you hope to enter into communion with him when at some point in your life you are running away from him? ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #communion #doubt #faith #forgiveness

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind. ↗

— Don Roff

#fear #inspirational #mind #self-doubt #writing

You'll never be as good as the next page you write, or as bad as the last one. ↗

— D.E.M. Emrys

#inspirational #writing #inspirational

The question that is upon my lips (please forgive me) is the doubt in your heart ↗

— Jeremy Aldana

#life #love #forgiveness

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#impossibility #inspirational #inspirational

She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#indecision #relationship #forgiveness

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#doubt #ignorance #intelligence #knowledge #philosophy