Quotes About Questioning

Faith was a choice. So, it followed, was wonder.

The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist.

Years earlier, I might have scoffed, but I'd come to accept that, for Snowden's generation, they played no less serious a role in molding political consciousness, moral reasoning, and an understanding of one's place in the world than literature, television, and film. They, too, often present complex moral dilemmas and provoke contemplation, especially for people beginning to question what they've been taught.

I'm suddenly beginning to wonder if all this war is worth it.

I have qualms and wonder what a qualm would look like if you painted it -- probably like a bowl of melting ice cream or a dish of Jell-o just before it sets.

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We in reality only know when we doubt a little. With knowledge comes doubt.

Conformity kills creativity. Stay curious and ask questions. Be yourself and stand courageous.

The key question I learned to ask myself when I read was, "What is the author trying to say?

This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones we really believe, and those we never think to question.

I'm not sure if I've had too much coffee, or if it's had me.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.

This delicate little plant [curiosity], aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend only a little of this mystery every day.

[F]atherhood means... self-suppression and patient understanding and intelligent toleration. A little questioning, a little experimenting, a bit of experience and the growth goes forward. One of the recompenses of fatherhood is the absurd pride and gentle humility that grows out of the process. The fledgling has beaten you at your own game and while you squirm a warm glow fills your heart and a delighted grin spreads from brow to chin, from ear to ear.

Don't turn your back upon your doctrinal doubts and difficulties. Go up to them and examine them. Perhaps the ghastly object which looks to you in the twilight like a sheeted ghost may prove to be no more than a table-cloth hanging upon a hedge.

Don't question God, for He may reply: "If you're so anxious for answers, come up here."

Bir ?eyin neden oldu?u konusuna asla kafa yormad?. Nas?l oldu?u, ona yeterdi.

WARNING: DON'T ACCEPT ANY NUMBER AT FACE VALUE. Numbers are not magical, and they aren't sacred.

Everyone is the same," he told himself. "Anxious to arrive. And when they leave, wondering why they came.

There's an elemental mystery to the universe: the why of things. Everyone is free to speculate. I speak not for atheism, but against compulsory theism, or compulsory dogma of any kind.

Why? Why is it has to be this, why not the other way round? Is there a simpler way? What can I do with this? Ask yourself all sorts of questions.

Are you from Tennessee

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.