The will to believe has given us our great saints. The will to doubt has given us our great scientists. The goal of the intelligent man is a character in which the will to believe of the saint and the will to doubt of the scientist meet and mingle.

Glenn Frank
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As a student, I have read the works of many great thinkers. At times, I have had my doubts about their ideas. But one thing has always remained clear to me. The greater the thinker, the greater the doubter.

The greatest minds in history aren’t necessarily the most determined people in the world. One of the world’s greatest minds was a man who lived in ancient Greece, Aristotle. Even though Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of all time, he also struggled with faith in his own ideas.

Like many great thinkers today, Aristotle had some great scientific theories that he wanted to make his own. However, he had some trouble believing all of his conclusions. But, like many of us today, Aristotle found that it was better to allow others to believe in him than to strive for greatness on his own alone.

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