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Skeptic Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too large to measure…
- It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the idealistic doubters, who have remained…
- Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled.…
- No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.
- The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die.
- It is quite an old-fashioned fallacy to suppose that our objection to scepticism is that it removes the discipline from life. Our objection to scepticism…
- It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we…
- Liberty has produced scepticism, and scepticism has destroyed liberty. The lovers of liberty thought they were leaving it unlimited, when they were only leaving it…
- The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces…
- The average businessman began to be agnostic, not so much because he did not know where he was, as because he wanted to forget. Many…
- At least five times, with the Arian and the Albigensian, with the Humanist skeptic, after Voltaire and after Darwin, the Christian Faith has to all…
- It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.
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- Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the idealistic doubters,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- It is quite an old-fashioned fallacy to suppose that our objection to scepticism is that it removes the discipline from life. Our… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Liberty has produced scepticism, and scepticism has destroyed liberty. The lovers of liberty thought they were leaving it unlimited, when they were… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2)… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The average businessman began to be agnostic, not so much because he did not know where he was, as because he wanted… — Gilbert K. Chesterton