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Quotes About Question

Later, he told his nephew that religion required careful thought, not reflexive acceptance. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear
~ Thomas Jefferson
Dr. Krokowski answered his own question, and said: "In the form of illness. Symptoms of disease are nothing but a disguised manifestation of the power of love; and all disease is only love transformed.
~ Thomas Mann
The Sehnsucht motif, a lonely wandering voice in the night, softly uttered its tremulous question. Silence followed, a silence of waiting. And then the answer: the same hesitant, lonely strain, but higher in pitch, more radiant and tender. Silence again. And then
~ Thomas Mann
In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.
~ Thomas Merton
The fruitfulness of our lives depends in large measure in our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work. The man who completely trusts his own estimate of himself is doomed to sterility.
~ Thomas Merton
All theology is a kind of birthday Each one who is born Comes into the world as a question For which old answers Are not sufficient…
~ Thomas Merton
It is as if in creating us God asked a question, and in awakening us to contemplation He answered the question, so that the contemplative is at the same time, question and answer.
~ Thomas Merton
What? -- RICHARD M NIXON
~ Thomas Pynchon
Tis useful nonetheless, now and then, to regard Politics here, as the greater American Question in Miniature,— in the way that Chess represents war,— with Governor Penn a game-piece in the form of the King.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Those whose enduring object is power in this world are only too happy to use without remorse the others, whose aim is of course to transcend all question of power. Each regards the other as a pack of deluded fools.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Does it ever end, he wondered. Of course it does. It did.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Who's there?
~ Kathy Reichs
So what's the plan?" Ben asked. "Go inside. Look around. Improvise." "Brilliant." Hi stroked his chin. "Quick question: Is having no plan the same as having a terrible plan, or are those different categories?
~ Kathy Reichs
Concentrate on the question. Oooh, interesting. I haven't seen that stone in that position before. Have you had a history of spontaneous combustion in your family?" His eyes widened in surprise. I grinned."Just kidding.
~ Katie MacAlister
We can fix that. We can fix anything. So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing.
~ Kaya McLaren
So the real question remains whether every problem is worth fixing. The answer to that is no.
~ Kaya McLaren
Who is this ghost ordered into music?
~ Kazuko Shiraishi
Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be silent. Ask a religious person a very simple question on his religion, and he will be frenzied.
~ Kedar Joshi
At the heart of my metaphysic there is the ultimate question and at the heart of the universe there is the ultimate questioner.
~ Kedar Joshi
Life is a question asked by God about the way he exists.
~ Kedar Joshi
The existence of God is not logically necessary, and yet, on the basis of some profound peculiar empirical order in the universe, it seems that He exists as the ultimate uncreated Being, implying a paradox, as no logically unnecessary entity can be uncreated. This paradox is the ultimate question asked by God, who is nothing but the ultimate questioner.
~ Kedar Joshi
The world exists to let Man philosophize.
~ Kedar Joshi
Naohiro stared at Kaga, shaking his head. "One last question. What's your rank?" "Sergeant." "Well, they should promote you to lieutenant," declared Naohiro, and headed for the door.
~ Keigo Higashino
You didn't answer my question. Are you all right?" I didn't do anything" Yeah. You did." He looked at me. "You did a lot" -Chloe & Derek-
~ Kelley Armstrong