Quotes about Inquiry

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

To consider hypotheses is surely always better than to dogmatize ins blaue hinein

To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.

What are these pines & these birds about? What is this pond a-doing? I must know a little more.

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.

Man is incurably curious.

Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.