Quotes About Inquiry

Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers.

There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge.

If you formulate your question properly, mathematics gives you the answer

I am not trying to teach you anything but trying to ignite the fire of curiosity for knowledge and wisdom.

Belief is a shelter, a prison for a curious mind.

Greatness always indicates simplicity. Wisdom always results from curiosity.

Thought is the supreme power. The right question will have the right answer.

Wonder at everything and ask, why?Love everything and wonder, why?

To find the truth, try to follow the Socratic method. Just don't forget to follow your intuition and imagination.

We first doubt, to find the truth.

Question is the Champion of Quest

The more you believe, the more you doubt. The more you doubt, the more you ask questions. Knowing that questions left unanswered is the best proof for your belief.

[Cornell University will be] an asylum for Science—where truth shall be sought for truth's sake, not stretched or cut exactly to fit Revealed Religion.

Do you think magic exists if it can be explained?

Science is a kind of worship to find the truth.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.

We should do astronomy because it is beautiful and because it is fun. We should do it because people want to know. We want to know our place in the universe and how things happen.

I'm a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.

I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.

When we're born, we want to know why the stars shine. We want to know why the sun rises.

I don't want you to trust me, I want you to question everything I say.