--- title: "1 Cynicism Easy Quotes By Krista Tippett" description: "1 Cynicism Easy quotes by Krista Tippett. Plus more from Krista Tippett and more Cynicism Easy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/krista-tippett-9825_cynicism_i-m-consciously-shedding-the-assumption_1065785.jpg" --- > [“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery; tolerance is not more pragmatic than love; and cynicism is not more reasonable than hope. Unlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/i-m-consciously-shedding-the-assumption-that-a-skeptical-point-of/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/krista-tippett-9825_cynicism_i-m-consciously-shedding-the-assumption_1065785.jpg) ## More by Krista Tippett > [“God delights in beauty, Islam teaches at its core, and is beauty. Beauty is in creation, not destruction, and in balance. It is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/god-delights-in-beauty-islam-teaches-at-its-core-and-is-beauty-beauty/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“Spirituality doesn’t look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/spirituality-doesn-t-look-like-sitting-down-and-meditating/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“But what we did is we studied our town. We did an inventory of all of the things that were present there—farms and marshes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/but-what-we-did-is-we-studied-our-town-we-did-an-inventory-of-all-of/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“...'fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/fundamentalism-and-liberalism-and-terrorism-these-labels-only-tell-us/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards by which we hold ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/compassion-is-a-piece-of-vocabulary-that-could-change-us-if-we-truly/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“You have your own stories, the dramatic and more ordinary moments where what has gone wrong becomes an opening to more of yourself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/you-have-your-own-stories-the-dramatic-and-more-ordinary-moments/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/you-can-disagree-with-another-person-s-opinions-you-can-disagree-with/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“Resilience is a successor to mere progress, a companion to sustainability.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/resilience-is-a-successor-to-mere-progress-a-companion-to/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“It’s a collection of pointers that treat the margins as seriously as the noisy center. For change has always happened in the margins, across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/it-s-a-collection-of-pointers-that-treat-the-margins-as-seriously-as/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [How we carry what has gone wrong for us is essential to being at home in ourselves, and present to the world with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/how-we-carry-what-has-gone-wrong-for-us-is-essential-to-being-at-home/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/mystery-is-a-birthright-of-theology-and-faith-but-you-often-do-find/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Humanity needs this technology as much as it needs all other technologies that have now connected us and set before us the terrifying and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/humanity-needs-this-technology-as-much-as-it-needs-all-other/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/structure-is-something-that-calms-our-nature-we-know-this-of-toddlers/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [If God is God, we can't be afraid of what we can learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/if-god-is-god-we-can-t-be-afraid-of-what-we-can-learn/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“Hope is an orientation, an insistence on wresting wisdom and joy from the endlessly fickle fabric of space and time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/hope-is-an-orientation-an-insistence-on-wresting-wisdom-and-joy-from/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cynicism-easy/krista-tippett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cynicism Easy Quotes By Krista Tippett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. 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