Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.
Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations of the soul, and the very being quivers and sways under the shock.
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.
Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.