Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.

An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

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

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

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first read more

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca