Quotes About Questioning

If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer?

surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosingn immobility as a means of transportation.

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on.

Religion?" Mr. Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.

I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while.

many people seem to lose God along life's way.

O sa fiu cinstit. Nu ateii imi stau in gat, ci agnosticii. Indoiala e buna un timp. Toti trebuie sa trecem prin Gradina Ghetsemani. Daca si Cristos a simtit-o, trebuie s-o facem si noi. Daca Cristos a petrecut o noapte dureroasa in rugaciune, daca a izbucnit, pe cruce:"Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, de ce m-ai parasit?", atunci toti avem dreptul la indoiala.Dar trebuie sa mergem mai departe. A alege indoiala ca filozofie de viata e la fel cum ai alege imobilitatea ca mijloc de transport.

It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while......But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Cuesta creer que existe el amor, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier amante. Cuesta creer que existe la vida, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier científico. Cuesta creer que existe Dios, si no pregúnteselo a cualquier creyente. ¿Qué problema tienen con lo que cuesta creer?

To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not?

Someone has to ask you a question," George continues meaningly, "before you can answer it. But it's so seldom you find anyone who'll ask the right questions. Most people aren't that much interested....

Flagrant disregard for the complexities of human motivation has led us to credit our ancestors with godlike omniscience. This, in turn, has forced us to invent devious plots or to question the moral fiber of these people in order to explain why they did not act on their all-encompassing knowledge and behave as we think they should have.

When you can't answer the question, flip it over. Forget what makes something go fast--what makes it slow down?

encontrando en qué se parecían. Así que llevó a cabo un truco que le había enseñado el doctor Bramble: cuando no puedes dar respuesta a una pregunta, dale la vuelta. Olvidemos qué es lo que da velocidad, pensemos en qué te quita velocidad. Después de todo, no solo importaba cuán rápido podía ir un conejo, sino cuán rápido podía seguir corriendo hasta que encontrara un agujero donde zambullirse.

but if you're smart you don't hold up your hand in class and ask to be called on.

The best way to kill a good thing is question it to death.

By doubting we come at truth.

Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded.

So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him with a club." Amon said.

Ask them. But you're not a soldier, I'm not sure what you are, but you're not that.

Why did he deserve to live when everyone around him died?

Why me?" Han said. "Why not Dancer? He's not likely to go mad on you." Just then he was rather taken with the notion of going mad, of breaking things. It seemed like a good out.

If a lady should do this, Raisa wondered, should a man do the same? Is he required to?