Quotes About Questioning

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment

Advances are Made by Answering Questions. Discoveries are Made by Questioning Answers.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Investigation after declaration of submission leads astray.

Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.

At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism. And I am far from alone in that experience.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

Creativity is an area in which younger people have a tremendous advantage, since they have an endearing habit of always questioning past wisdom and authority.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.

In these simple words, Lord, is it I? lies the beginning of wisdom and the pathway to personal conversion and lasting change.

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.

You get tired of always wondering anew why life has to take the place of youth.

Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom.

Enjoy the questions and forget the answers.

It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves

It is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal.

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?