Skepticism Quotes
Skepticism Quote of the day
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.
It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.
Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.
Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.
Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to move on.
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.
Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt.
If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
Skepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe and to act wisely.
Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.
Extreme skepticism and extreme gullibility are two equal ways of not having to think at all. And I don't think I'm the first to say that.
Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.
And yet one can't forever stand on the shore; at some point, even if filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere.
Skepticism relieved two terrible diseases that afflicted mankind: anxiety and dogmatism.
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.
One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
Religion is an act of sedition against reason. Whatever religion is most seductive and likely to draw in victims to surrender their skepticism is the worst.
We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda.
Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
