#questioning

Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#attitude #dogmas #evidence #find #insists

Knighthood. Was he even worthy? Just a little while ago, he’d have answered yes without a doubt, but now, facing the cross and his own desires, he wasn’t so sure. Courage, loyalty, obedience, faith. If even a man like Ulric could act against those virtues, then they were not something one possessed, but something to be constantly guarded and reclaimed. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#virtues #william #courage

There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more than life itself. But now I hate her guts. I do. How do you explain that? What happened to that love? What happened to it, is what I'd like to know. I wish someone could tell me. ↗

— Raymond Carver

#divorce #falling-out #hate #love #love-to-hate

What if?.. What if I am all to see? What if life is only this? And Ignorance is bliss? What if love is only pain? And nothing can be gained by living everyday And there is no better way? What then? ↗

— Melody Carlson

#questioning-mind #life

But without doubts, without a standpoint reached through questionings, human beings can't acquire knowledge. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#knowledge #muslims #questioning-religion #religion #religion

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#crowe #doing #ed #ed harris #everything

I just gravitate to movies where the mystery is the character himself. Any time you see a trailer of something where somebody is questioning 'Who am I?' I'm hooked. ↗

— Len Wiseman

#any #character #gravitate #himself #hooked

That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#death

I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#especially #feel #i #i feel #i feel like

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. ↗

— Elon Musk

#advice #best #better #constantly #could