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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that.
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Religious people are happier.
I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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