Doubt Quote by Peter Unger

Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that,owing to the equipollence of…

— Sextus Empiricus

“scepticism, as we know, can never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill”

— George Eliot

General scepticism is the live mental attitude of refusing to conclude. It is a permanent torpor of the will, renewing itself in detail towards…

— William James

“Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility…

— George Santayana

Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…

— Homer

I'm always coming up against scepticism in my life.

— Geri Halliwell

“Nothing strengthens the case for scepticism more than the fact that there are people who are not sceptics. If they all were, they would…

— Blaise Pascal

“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes no active…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

— Oscar Wilde

“The shadow of scepticism is dispelled in the light of real knowledge.”

— Etienne de L'Amour

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

— Blaise Pascal