Of course there is such a thing as too much doubt, for we ought to accept what is true. But there is also such a thing as proper doubt, for we ought not accept what is false. The possibility of doubt is inherent in the longing to understand, and nothing less than complete and perfect knowledge can satisfy the mind. We do not possess such knowledge here on earth; it is reserved for the beatific vision. Until then, doubt will be with us. This is...why it is so unreasonable to trust only what cannot be doubted, as Descartes proposed, because everything can be doubted. We should believe, not what we cannot doubt, but what we have the best reasons to believe.
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KRISHNAMURTI Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mer... J. KRISHNAMURTI Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle. J. MASAI A bureaucrat is a person who cuts red tape sideways. J. MCCABE I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. J. HELLER Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with ... J. BARTLETT My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. J. BROTHERTON A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels o... J. HAWES Children used to get bullied at school. Now they go home, and that's where the problem starts - ... JESSIE J People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, '... J. COLE I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. ... J. COLE I might put a nicer pair of heels on and a cooler outfit, but I'm still that naughty girl who li... JESSIE J My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. L... J. COLE I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to sta... J. COLE I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to sta... J. COLE Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but t... J. COLE I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that ... J. COLE I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexual... JESSIE J I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a r... J. COLE I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do. J. COLE As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm a... J. COLE I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been t... J. COLE When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a fi... J. COLE It's not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to. There's a difference. We all make... J. STERLING I started to look like a cartoon character with the fringe and the catsuits. Yes, I want to change a... JESSIE J What are you up to?” “Oh, you know, mischief and mayhem,” he replied. �... J. LYNN If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and g... JUICY J I want everybody to think I'm a hard worker as an aunt, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a niece,... JESSIE J I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making somet... J. COLE We didn't have our online service developed. We had never shipped a console game before as a com... J ALLARD When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which... JESSIE J I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids ... J. COLE I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds. J. COLE Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the ... J. COLE I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where t... J. COLE I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think... JESSIE J My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes. J. COLE I wanted to write ‘stay’ on your sides, surround your bed with oceans of salt. I hope he folds y... J. BRADLEY