Judgment Quote by Michel de Montaigne

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

— Junius

“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

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

— Thomas Carlyle

To doubt has more of faith ... than that blank negation of all such thoughts and feelings which is the lot of the herd…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“It is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient…

— H.L. Mencken

Skepticism may undermine beliefs, but never belief.

— Mason Cooley

The faithful believe that certain truths have been 'revealed.' The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry…

— Christopher Hitchens

Sometimes you go against what they say because you believe in it anyway.

— Victor Levin

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths

— Moses Mendelssohn

“I’m a skeptic of religious systems, not of the faith. Someday I will be happy to discuss the difference with you.”

— Ted Dekker

Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.

— William Pepperell Montague

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