If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.

The fact that we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of something does not put existence and non-existence on an even footing.

I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other.

if your job wasn’t performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book I’m not sure I believe it’s necessary

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation.

It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.

It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain about something that was not true.

It Begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.

INDECISION NOW!' isn’t a battle cry that’s going to rouse anybody’s blood. But I sometimes wonder if it isn’t the sanest one.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.