“…in later years he made a point of quoting Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: ‘There is a great difference between still believing something and believing it again.’ All his beliefs were beliefs again.”

As one who has experienced some severe seasons of doubt about the Christian faith, I definitely resonate with this quote.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2007/dec/06/auden-and-god/?pagination=false