Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.
The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.
Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget it. Whoever doubteth not himself is unworthy -for in his unquestioning belief in his ability, he commiteth the sin of pride. Blessed are they who go through moments of indecision.
I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.
Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.
The price of maintaining membership in the establishment is unquestioning acceptance of authority.
Never despise a drink because it is easy to make andor uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life, a mark of the naive - or worse.
In such systems, there is unquestioning respect for authority. Faith trumps evidence. But if indeed this is broadly the explanation for how co-operative behaviour has evolved and been maintained in human societies, it could be very bad news. Because although such authoritarian systems seem to be good at preserving social coherence and an orderly society, they are, by the same token, not good at adapting to change.
I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
