Skepticism Quotes


I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs. Sam Harris Skepticism 64
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. Thomas Paine Skepticism 50
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. Daniel Wallace Skepticism 48
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts never inquires. To doubt is heresy to inquire is to admit that you do not knowthe Church does neither. Robert G. Ingersoll Skepticism 47
I am satisfied and sufficiently occupied with the things which are without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be but of which I have no evidence. Thomas Jefferson Skepticism 46
Men think epilepsy divine merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand why there would be no end to divine things. Hippocrates Skepticism 44
Observation I cant see a thing. Conclusion Dinosaurs. Carl Sagan Skepticism 40
People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you cant set them free. Not even the truth will set them free. Michael Specter Skepticism 38
With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night. Robert G. Ingersoll Skepticism 38
What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. Thomas Henry Huxley Skepticism 36
You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility. Carl Sagan Skepticism 35
All the tales of miracles with which the Old and New Testament are filled are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe. Thomas Paine Skepticism 35
Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Robert G. Ingersoll Skepticism 33
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them. Jules Verne Skepticism 28
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. Christopher Hitchens Skepticism 25

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