Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

The scientific method is about trying to remove our own bias and subjectivity, and be as objective as possible. But then you can put it back into context and you're allowed to be emotional and human about the way you engage with it.

I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason.

I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.

What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.

Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe.

I just don't believe in generalisations.

'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

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.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

I'm a pretty skeptical person, and I'm a realistic person.

I’ve never found the truth to be fair and balanced.

Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

Opinions should not be allowed to become conclusions