Large skepticism leads to large understanding.
Small skepticism leads to small understanding.
No skepticism leads to no understanding. ……..Xi Zhi
There is a kind of courtesy in Skepticism.
It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ……..George Santayana
Skepticism is a barren coast,
without a harbor or lighthouse. …….Henry Ward Beecher
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism. …….. Louis Pasteur
It is men of faith, not Skeptics,
who have made the world aware that they were in it.. …….William Ellery Channing
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. ……. John Dewey
Skepticism has never founded empires, established principles,
or changed the world's heart;
The great doers in history have always been men of faith. ……Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion,
by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. …….Carl Sagan
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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