His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.

But when one believes in the reality of things, making them visible by artificial means is not quite the same as feeling that they are close at hand.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

Learn to trust what you cannot see far more than what you can see.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.

MADAME PERNELLE. My dear, appearances are oft deceiving, And seeing shouldn't always be believing.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

il faut apprendre, par observation et raisonnement, à reconstituer le vrai des choses d'après les apparences

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

He had to learn how not to let his eyes be bewildered by manifestations, and thereby learn to treat appearances as signs and codes of the interior.