Pam Ferris Quotes

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

I believe in everything - a little bit.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

I may have had a prejudice against agnosticism as a body of thought: sort of a fence-sitting theory, where you can't make up your mind one way or another.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right

Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.

There is a cleansing humility about doubt.

It may feel good to think you're right. But it's better to allow the possibility that you're wrong.

I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

Do not feel certain of anything.

I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything...

No one is infallible, and no one can claim a monopoly on truth or virtue. It would be contradictory for skepticism to seek to translate itself into a new faith.

Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.