Quotes about Questioning
Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously not frivolously, to insist that our faith is placed in and upheld by something other than seeming conjuring tricks.
— Mark Buchanan
It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.
— Aristotle
Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.
— George Eliot
Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.
— John Milton
Not all question asking is good. It depends on the attitude. Is there a submission to the Word of God and a readiness to obey God when we understand what he wants of us? Is there a willingness to embrace the mysteries of God if something is plain but over our head?
— John Piper
Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.
— John Updike
If I have any expertise, it is in the realm of spiritual darkness: fear of the unknown, familiarity with divine absence, mistrust of conventional wisdom, suspicion of religious comforters, keen awareness of the limits of all language about God and at the same time shame over my inability to speak of God without a thousand qualifiers, doubt about the health of my soul, and barely suppressed contempt for those who have no such qualms. These are the areas of my proficiency.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
All these years later, the way many of us are doing church is broken and we know it, even if we do not know what to do about it.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
— Isabel Allende
There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.
— Karen Kingsbury
Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?
— Amy Grant
People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?
— Barack Obama