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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life. [Spirituality for the Skeptic]

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.

An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of propaganda is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be skeptical. And just as a democracy can die of too many lies, that kind of orthodoxy can kill us, too.

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.

Look, I don’t know whether God exists. I don’t know that. And I tell you one thing, I am not frightened of my beliefs. If there is a God who is threatening me with damnation because I don’t believe in Him, so be it. I’ve lived my life in conscience, and I will suffer damnation willingly in conscience against a tyrannical God who would damn me because, on the basis of the intelligence He gave me, I have come to a conclusion doubting His existence, and I will continue to be a skeptic all of my life.

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.

Cut through the ridicule and search for factual information in most of the skeptical commentary and one is usually left with nothing. This is not surprising. After all, how can one rationally object to a call for scientific examination of evidence? Be skeptical of the skeptics.

My wish for you… is that your skeptic-eclectic brain be flooded with the light of truth.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.

I urge the media to start referring to climate skeptics as what they really are: climate assholes.

Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists

I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it just came naturally.

The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not know how to adapt himself. The intellectual who tries to escape from neurosis by escaping from the facts is merely acting on the principle that where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.

You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic.

The Universe is vast. Nothing is more curious than the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge. Skeptics and believers are alike. At this moment scientists and skeptics are the leading dogmatists. Advance in detail is admitted; fundamental novelty is barred. This dogmatic common sense is the death of philosophic adventure.

Anytime you do something out of the ordinary, there will be skeptics. Everyone wants a reason why. That’s fine. What’s happened with me is just an accumulation of a lot of things.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.

There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

Tim Keller’s ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.

Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state or by the church. All people must be equal–believers, skeptics, disbelievers, atheists, and those who chose religion. Unless we are all deemed equal, and unless the morality of disbelief is deemed the equivalent of the morality of belief, we will simply be tolerated, and that is not the American way.