Doubt

    We all have doubts, because they are the by-products of living and learning. Doubt is the path to awareness, while certainty is the road to naivety. Doubt is like a mountaineer with a walking stick, which she uses to test the ground ahead before stepping into the unknown. Certainty is like a blind man without a stick, stumbling forward in the misguided belief that all obstacles will be cleared from his path. Without doubt, there can be no questioning. And without questioning, there can be no discovery. Without discovery, there can be no true knowledge. And without true knowledge, there can be no progress.

    — Wayne Visser

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