Hannah Arendt Quotes

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.

Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.

Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

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

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.

I love to doubt as well as know.

I know all the critics.

Question everything!

A healthy skepticism, regularly exercised…

Over the years, I paid careful attention in client meetings and jotted down things that quite didn't make sense. And I had the courage to raise questions and to be skeptical when something didn't add up.

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.

Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but on establishing truths by reason and argument.

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

There's a certain group of people who are always going to dislike me and disagree with whatever I say.

I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

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