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

Great intellects are skeptical.

Great intellects are skeptical.

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.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith read more

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy