Quotes About Inquiry

Çok soran insan çok ÅŸeyi anlayabilir ancak. Yaln?zca çok ÅŸeyi anlayan biri adil bir insan olabilir.

Benim böyle bir heyecana kap?lmam, bu ateÅŸi hissetmem, hararetimin bu kadar yükselmesi, elimde olmadan sesimin deÄŸiÅŸmesi için ne olmas? gerekirdi acaba?

Montaignes ware plezier is het zoeken, niet het vinden. Hij is niet een van die filosofen die op zoek zijn naar de steen der wijzen, naar een nuttige formule. Hij wil dogma noch leer en is permanent op zijn hoede voor starre beweringen: 'Niets boud beweren, niets lichtvaardig ontkennen.

Nel suo superno mondo dei libri, non c'era guerra, non c'erano malintesi: c'era solo l'eterno sapere e voler sempre più sapere in fatto di numeri e parole, di titoli e nomi.

Where are you flying off to?' inquired Viola, rather sulkily; few sights are more annoying when we feel lazy than that of somebody bounding upstairs.

It has been said "the truth will make men free". The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation.

Truth is not afraid of questions.

Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

No scientist ever believes that he has the final answer or the ultimate truth on anything.

Proclaim the only truth you can be totally sure of: "I don't know."

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

By doubting we come at truth.

An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.

Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.

A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.

Science is nothing more than a neverending search for the truth.