The man who has doubts about serving the Lord and eventually clarifies them stands above the man who insulated himself from all doubt. This idea is to be found in the writings of one of the Kotzker's disciples, Reb Mordecai Yosef, who later left the master. He added, however, that this principle applied only to certain souls.

A.J. Heschel, A Passion for Truth , Jewish Lights Publishing, p. 275