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Quotes about Skepticism

After all, if no one is happy who does not have what he wants and if the skeptics are always seeking the truth, but do not find it, they cannot be happy. Furthermore, the skeptics claim that their wise man is happy, and yet he cannot be happy since he does not have what he wants.
- St. Augustine
For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
- Aristotle
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.
- John Calvin
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.
- John Calvin
Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect.
- Stephen Covey
There is but one indefectibly certain truth , and that is the truth that pyrrhonistic scepticism itself leaves standing, the truth that the present phenomenon of consciousness exists.
- William James
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
- James Madison
Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.
- George Bernard Shaw
I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
- Joel Osteen
People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.
- Joel Osteen
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
- Nikki Giovanni