Quotes About Questioning

Nos da miedo preguntar porque nos da miedo saber.

Francamente, no sé si creo en Dios. A veces imagino que, en el caso de que Dios exista, no habría de disgustarle esta duda.

Estaré reseco? Sentimentalmente, digo.

Francamente, no sé si creo en Dios. A veces imagino que, en el caso de que Dios exista, no habría de disgustarle esta duda. En realidad, los elementos que él (¿o Él?) mismo nos ha dado (raciocinio, sensibilidad, intuición) no son en absoluto suficientes como para garantizarnos ni su existencia ni su no existencia.

Yo vivía relativamente cómodo, acaso porque no se me había ocurrido creer en Dios.

En realidad, los elementos que él (¿o Él?) mismo nos ha dado (raciocinio, sensibilidad, intuición) no son en absoluto suficientes como para garantizarnos ni su existencia ni su no existencia. Gracias a una corazonada, puedo creer en Dios y acertar, o no creer en Dios y también acertar. ¿Entonces? Acaso Dios tenga un rostro de croupier y yo sólo sea un pobre diablo que juega a rojo cuando sale negro, y viciversa.

En el caso de que Dios exista, no habría de disgustarle esta duda.

creen en Dios sólo porque ignoran que hace mucho tiempo que Dios ha dejado de creer en ellos.

Because answers are inert things that stop inquiry. They make you think you have finished looking. But you are never finished. There are always discoveries that will turn everything you think you know on its head and that will make you ask all over again: Who are we?

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Is it music? … This is not the important question. The important question is, is it interesting?

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.6

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.

We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes."--Gene Rodenberry

Today we queried, questioned, and inquired. Promise me that come tomorrow, we will not stop asking why

who looked like a kid lining up for the teacups at Disneyland. "You're sure we have to go down through the cathedral to get to the hospital?" said Elise.

Questioning works better than telling. That's why Will didn't tell Evan, "Don't let your friends get you into trouble." Instead, he asked questions that made Evan think, "Who's likely to get into trouble, and what should I do if it happens?" In other words, Will didn't talk down to Evan, or talk at him. Instead, the two talked side by side emotionally as well as physically.

The trick to this approach is to ask the question ("Do you really believe that?") not in a hostile or degrading manner, but very calmly and in a straightforward way. Your intent is not to antagonize the other person, but rather to make the person stop and realize, "I really am making a mountain out of a molehill. I must sound like a jackass.

I am somewhat skeptical about these findings.

What if I have it all upside down? What if I'm the one who knows nothing of God, and the people in the world are actually interceding on my behalf with their ordinary daily struggles

Changing times require you to continually question your processes, procedures, mind-set, and attitudes. The only constant in times of change might be your purpose and principles; everything else needs to evolve based on the changing world around you.

And yet Nothing here is certain;

In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.