#doubt

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries. ↗

— Chris Patten

#co2 #countries #developed #developed countries #emission

I bought you something" Willows blurts out. "You bought...What?" Willow closes her eyes for a second. She's a little surprised she's going to give it to him after all, but there's no going back now. She has to. "At the bookstore." She reaches into her bag again, and pushes the package across the table towards him. Guy takes the book out of the bag slowly, Willow waits for him to look disappointed, to look confused that she would buy him such a battered, old- "I love it when used books have notes in the margins, it's the best," Guy says as he flips through the pages. "I always imagine who read it before me." He pauses and looks at one of Prospero's speeches. "I have way too much homework to read this now, but you know what? Screw it. I want to know why it's your favorite Shakespeare. Thank you, that was really nice of you. I mean, you really didn't have to." "But I did anyway," Willow says so quietly she's not even sure hears her. Hey," Guy frowns for a second. "You didn't write anything in here." "Oh, I didn't even think...I, well, I wouldn't even know what to write," Willow says shyly. "Well, maybe you'll think of something later," he says. Willow watches Guy read the opening. There's no mistaking it. His smile is genuine, and she can't help thinking that if she can't make David look like this, at least she can do it for someone. ↗

— Julia Hoban

#friendship #gift #gracious #imperfect #personalization

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance. ↗

— William Wirt

#curiosity #desire #doubts #excited #ignorance

الديانة دين فادح، لا يمكن لأحد أن يوفي به، ديانتنا تديننا، تدين من دان بها بأكثر من غير المؤمنين و تدين أيضا غير المؤمنين الكل و الأب السماوي أقنوم مفارق محتجب خلف هذه الاعتقادات كلها. وهو لا يظهر لنا بتمامه لأننا لا نقدر على الإحاطة بظهوره التام هو فوق إدراكنا و هو بعيد عنا و نحن بعيدون عن بعضنا لأننا جميعا مرهونون بأوهامنا... الأقنوم ذاته وهم غامض اخترعناه و ضدقناه و اختلفنا فيه و لسوف نحارب بعضنا دوما من أجله و قد يأتي يوم يكون فيه لكل إنسان اعتقاده الخاص المختلف عن اعتقاد غيره فتنمحي الديانة من أساسها و تزول الشريعة... الأقنوم: الذات الإلهية من رواية عزازيل و حديث الراهب الفريسي لبطل الرواية حول الاختلاف في وحدانية الرب بين الطوائف المسيحيةمدان الكل ضال ↗

— يوسف زيدان

#religion #religion

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#another #coming #did #doubt #each

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record. ↗

— Inge de Bruijn

#doubt #i #mean #never #record

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#beings #capable #consider #doubt #expansion

I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees. ↗

— Gordon Lightfoot

#being #degrees #doubt #i #inexorably

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. ↗

— James Madison

#cannot #capacity #doubted #erudition #female

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#about #action #breeds #busy #confidence