Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.
You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.'
Skeptics question the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it.
There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.