Atrophy Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Skepticism, as I said, is not intellectual only; it is moral also; a chronic atrophy and disease of the whole soul. A man lives…

— Thomas Carlyle

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

— Thomas Carlyle

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

— George Santayana

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

— Richard Hofstadter

Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.

— Emile M. Cioran

“Moral scepticism can no more be refuted or proved by logic than intellectual scepticism can. When we stick to it that there is truth…

— William James

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

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

— John Dewey

Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Skepticism 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

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

— Paul Davies