Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

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.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Great intellects are skeptical.

Great intellects are skeptical.

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a read more

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

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

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.

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