Quotes About Questioning

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to enquiry (William of Baskerville)

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means, a precept that the commentators of the holy books had very clearly in mind.

Jangan percaya begitu saja pada apa yang disebut sebagai sejarah

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

I know nothing. There is nothing that I know. But the heart senses certain things. Let your heart speak, question faces, do not listen to tongues.

Librat nuk janë bërë për tu besuar, por për t'u hetuar. Kur lexojmë një libër nuk duhet të pyesim veten çfarë thotë, por çfarë nënkupton

At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call constantly into question the very tales we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.

Yo sospecho, sospecho siempre.

Kitaplar inanmak için deÄŸil, araÅŸt?rmak için yaz?l?r. Bir kitap kar??s?nda onun ne dediÄŸini deÄŸil, ne demek istediÄŸini sormal?y?z kendi kendimize.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means

Perception is always interrogative and conditional and is invariably based (even if we do not realize it) on a bet.

Han sido legiones los que se han preguntado si Cristo rió. El asunto no me interesa demasiado. Creo que nunca rió porque, como hijo de Dios, era omnisciente y sabía lo que haríamos los cristianos.

For what I was to see at the abbey would make me think that it is often inquisitors who create heretics.

En me retraçant ces détails, j'en suis à me demander s'ils sont réels, ou bien si je les ai rêvés.

Gli Adepti del Velame ricordano qualcuno che sentendosi dire: Signore, lei è un ladro, mi creda!, reagisca con: Che cosa intende con 'mi creda'? Vuol forse insinuare che io sia diffidente?

Rigid ranking based on minuscule differences misleads rather than informs. Rounding and approximation is superior to unwarranted and unnecessary precision. Doubt, caution, and incessant questioning are in order—but so is the insistence on quantifying the complex realities of the modern world. If we are to understand many unruly realities, if we are to base our decisions on the best available information, then there is no substitute for this pursuit.

De omnibus dubitandum (Doubt everything)

if Romeo had lived to see Juliet grow old and develop a slight moustache upon her upper lip—what then?

I think, therefore I doubt.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

He thought incessantly, for he could not do otherwise; but he no longer took pleasure in his thoughts. To everything that they proposed to him in a whisper, he replied in his darkness: What is the use?

Which of the two was the victim of the other?

One does not cross-examine a saint.

Taisez-vous, qui que vous soyez, vous qui parlez ici, taisez-vous ! vous croyez être dans la question, vous n'y êtes pas.