Acknowledge Quote by Thomas Huxley

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

— Thomas Huxley

“A person who falsely believes he or she is knowledgeable will not seek out clarification of his or her beliefs, but rather rely on…

— Sunday Adelaja

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

— Thomas Huxley

“[T]he downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Faith requires nothing but blind adherence, whereas knowledge demands the continual apprehension of an ever-expanding body of information. With faith, one can at least…

— Mark Hodder

Where knowledge is denied, faith comes in.

— Frederick Philip Grove

Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument.

— Samuel Homola

Doubt and fear are the great enemies of knowledge and he who encourages them, who those not slay them, thwarts himself at every step.

— James Allen

Skepticism does not preserve us from foolhardy deeds.

— Mason Cooley

“When you decide not to discipline yourself to seek for knowledge in any area, God sees it as the rejection of knowledge.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

— George Santayana

The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid…

— Anonymous