Quotes about Questioning

Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.

If my religion is true, it will stand up to all my questioning; there is no need to fear. But if it is not true, if it is man imposing strictures on God (as did the men of the Christian establishment of Galileo's day), then I want to be open to God, not to what man says about God.

We live by revelation, as Christians, as artists, which means that we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin to think we know all the answers, we forget the questions, and we become smug like the Pharisee who listed all his considerable virtues and thanked God that he was not like other men.

may, notwithstanding, be questioned whether, except his bible, he ever read a book entirely through. Late in life, if any man praised a book in his presence, he was sure to ask, "Did you read it through?" If the answer was in the affirmative, he did not seem willing to believe it.

Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.

I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.

As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

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

Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning.

I am always thinking 'What am I doing here? Is this the way I am supposed to feel?'

In his vision, Zechariah saw an elaborate golden lampstand with two olive trees on either side of it. His first response was very intelligent. He asked the angel, "What are these, my lord?" Asking a question is a wise course of action whenever visionary revelation occurs.