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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

I'm a natural sceptic.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Here the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made us is divine.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.