Quotes about Inquiry

The essence of God is rather to be adored than inquired into.

To adore, or scorne an image, or protest, May all be bad; doubt wisely, in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleepe, or runne wrong, is: on a huge hill, Cragg'd, and steep, Truth stands, and hee that will Reach her, about must, and about must goe; And what the hills suddenes resists, winne so; Yet strive so, that before age, deaths twilight, Thy Soule rest, for none can worke in that night.

Why should the government subsidize intellectual curiosity?

When you get before great people you don't talk a lot, you ask questions

Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word,"ask."

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

People are curious about how things are made.

You know what charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

It is important to know that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but in fact, certitude and the demand for certitude!