14 quotes found
“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be t...”
“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.”
“Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be trace...”
“With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night.”
“I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.”
“Skepticism means not intellectual doubt alone but moral doubt.”
“With most people doubt about one thing is simply blind belief in another.”
“Skeptics are never deceived.”
“I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.”
“Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.”
“Great intellects are skeptical.”
