Quotes about Skepticism

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I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when t — Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell t — George Carlin
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. — Anonymous
My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my time stating them — Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
Skepticism is thus a resting-place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings and make survey o — Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
BLACK AND WHITEI was born intoA religion of Light,But with so many otherReligions andPhilosophies,How do I know whichONE — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
L'utilité du vivre n'est pas en l'espace: elle est en l'usage. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Heureuse la mort qui oste le loisir aux apprests de tel equipage. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
D'autant que nous avons cher, estre, et estre consiste en mouvement et action. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
L'honneste est stable et permanent. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
J'accuse toute violence en l'education d'une ame tendre, qu'on dresse pour l'honneur, et la liberté. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Je hay entre autres vices, cruellement la cruauté, et par nature et par jugement, comme l'extreme de tous les vices. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Il n'est rien qui tente mes larmes que les larmes. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Les naturels sanguinaires à l'endroit des bestes, tesmoignent une propension naturelle à la cruauté. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque instinct à l'inhumanité — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to t — Carl Sagan
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply h — Carl Sagan
...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as a god, dire — Thomas A. Edison
Scepticism is the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot, Pensées philosophiques