Attitude Quote by John Cowper Powys

An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.

— William Minto

Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt.

— Thomas Carlyle

Skepticism . . . is not intellectual only it is moral also, a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul.

— Thomas Carlyle

Skepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe…

— George Santayana

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that…

— Antonio Tabucchi

Intellectualism, though by no means confined to doubters, is often the sole piety of the skeptic.

— Richard Hofstadter

“...and I reminded myself that the reproach of intellectualism is often directed at the most sensitive natures, those most ardently alive, those obliged by…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Liberation from meaning leaves us skeptical of truth itself, comfortable only to acknowledge 'your truth' and 'my truth,' confident only in the reality of…

— Michael J. Knowles

A philosophy that begins in doubt assails what no-one believes, and invites us to nothing believable

— Roger Scruton

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it…

— Dwight Yoakam

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

— George Santayana

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.

— George Santayana