Quotes about Skepticism

The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great skepticism can find expression.

There are doubts, sir, which, if man have them, it is not man that can solve them.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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.

We affect to laugh at the folly of those who put faith in nostrums, but are willing to see ourselves whether there is any truth in them.

15th June, 1872.—Lewalé doubts Sangara on account of having brought no letters. Nothing can be believed in this land unless it is in black and white, and but little even then; the most circumstantial details are often mere figments of the brain. The one half one hears may safely be called false, and the other half doubtful or not proven.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.

Describe the God you've rejected. Describe the God you don't believe in. Maybe I don't believe in that God either.

If you wish to be good "Pantagruelists" (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.