Quotes About Questioning

Sometimes Anatole wonders just where the elusive point is, where you stop being sane.

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here.

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith

Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge.

Man is the question he asks about himself, before any question has been formulated. It is, therefore, not surprising that the basic questions were formulated very early in the history of mankind.

Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question. And, conversely, being human means receiving answers to the questions of one's own being and asking questions under the impact of the answers.

Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.

Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.

Skilled verse is the work of a profound skeptic.

Vraag naar het fundament van autoriteit, en je eindigt met de ondermijning ervan.

What have you done, you thereWeeping without cease,Tell me, yes you, what have you doneWith all your youth?

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

Now he and other former allies, such as newspaper publisher Oswald Garrison Villard, began to question Roosevelt's emotional stability and subsequently the leadership of Washington, who continued to remain loyal to him.

You on the train and me here and everything emptier now you're gone. Tell me, are you real?

my doubt is loud,

Lower your voice," he warned, but I'd had enough. As he reached for my arm again, I wrenched myself free and nearly flattened Boy Long in the process. I hadn't even seen him. Glancing between Jock and me quickly, gauging the situation, Boy said, "Is everything all right

The most basic question of all cannot be answered: Who are you?

Believe what you like, but don't believe everything you read without questioning it.

Confusion is not a bad thing. It's not doubt that makes a man mad. It's certainty.