Quotes about Inquiry
The essence of God is rather to be adored than inquired into.
— John Calvin
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.
— John Donne
Why should the government subsidize intellectual curiosity?
— Ronald Reagan
When you get before great people you don't talk a lot, you ask questions
— Myles Munroe
Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word,"ask."
— Brian Tracy
Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.
— Stephen Covey
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
— William Hazlitt
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.
— John Maxwell
People are curious about how things are made.
— Jason Fried
You know what charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
— Albert Camus
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
— Albert Einstein
It is important to know that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but in fact, certitude and the demand for certitude!
— Fr. Richard Rohr