Innocence

Innocent

a relative lack of reflection 

unadulterated faith in goodliness of

Doubt and faith form a pair. To have no faith, to doubt everything, is to descend into madness. To have no doubts, to have unadulterated faith, is an innocence that will neither last nor end well. Faith with too little doubt invites exploitation. Doubt with too little faith invites paranoia. Doubt is questioning of received ideas but is questioning of belief within limits. One can question anything, but o

. the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong. freedom from legal or specific wrong; guiltlessness: The prisoner proved his innocence. simplicity; absence of guile or cunning; naiveté. lack of knowledge or understanding. harmlessness; innocuousness. chastity. an innocent person or thing.