Quotes about Inquiry

Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.

The larger the island of knowledge the longer the shore line of wonder. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge.

One question keeps troubling me: Why?. . . The short answer: I don't know. and yet that single word, why, remains the consummate human query. By nature, we're curious. We want to know.

Where do the noses go? I always wondered where the noses would go.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

People always ask you, 'Are you like brother and sister? Are you like a married couple?' It's really original and it can't really be explained.

Science should be the search for truth, not merely the search for materialistic explanations.

Godly teachers encourage questions; those who demand unthinking agreement have something to hide.

can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. 'Go on with the next verse.' 'But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. 'How could he turn them out with his nose, you know?' 'It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject. 'Go on with the next verse,' the

Where is God? Where can I find him?" we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.