Doubt Quote by William James

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

— Homer

“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

“don’t confuse scepticism as an attitude, or a method, with scepticism as a philosophy. Socrates was sceptical in temperament, and his method was to…

— Peter Kreeft

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

— Etienne de L'Amour

“I will not engage in verbal controversy with the sceptic, because long experience has taught me that the sceptic’s ultimate skepticism is about the…

— G. K. Chesterton

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

— Thomas Carlyle

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

— Blaise Pascal

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

“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

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, like wisdom, springs out in full panoply only from the brain of a god, and it is little profit to see an idea…

— James Anthony Froude