Yann Martel Quotes About Doubt

• To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

  Yann Martel

  Life, Philosophy, Mean

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.51, Canongate Books

• If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

  Yann Martel

  Prayer, Philosophy, Moving

  "La vida de Pi". Libro de Yann Martel, 11 de septiembre de 2001.

• I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.

  Yann Martel

  Clever, Self, Law

  Yann Martel (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.170, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.

  Yann Martel

  Grateful, Air, Doubt

  Yann Martel (2002). “Life Of Pi”, p.138, Canongate Books

• En mi opinión, la fe es como estar al sol. Cuando estás al sol, ¿puedes evitar crearte una sombra? ¿Puedes sacudirte esa zona de oscuridad que se aferra a ti, siempre con tu forma, como si quisiera recordarte constantemente a ti mismo? No puedes. Esta sombra es la duda. Y va dondequiera que vayas mientras permanezcas al sol. ¿Y quién no querría estar al sol?

  Yann Martel

  Creating, Long, Darkness

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice and Virgil”, p.103, Canongate Books

• Si cogiéramos la ciudad de Tokio, la pusiéramos patas arriba y la sacudiéramos, nos asombraríamos de los animales que caen: tejones, lobos, boas constrictoras, cocodrilos, avestruces, babuinos, capibaras, jabalíes, leopardos, manatíes, rumiantes, en cantidades incalculables. No me cabe duda de que las jirafas y los hipopótamos asilvestrados llevan generaciones viviendo en Tokio sin ver un alma.

  Yann Martel

  Fall, Animal, Ostriches

  Yann Martel (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.307, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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