Quotes About Inquiry

We are not endeavoring to chain the future, but to free the present. We are not forging fetters for our children, but we are breaking those our fathers made for us. We are the advocates of inquiry, of investigation, and thought. This of itself, is an admission that we are not perfectly satisfied with our conclusions. Philosophy has not the egotism of faith.

What drives pure reason to efforts that seem to have neither end nor result?

inexhaustible effort that philosophers devote to a subject that brings no results.

She cocked her head at me. "You read and read and read and read," she said, "and then what?

So, Mr. Jeffreys," she inquired of the human bluebottle, "you went to the gym?

The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions.

Newton wrote, "Amicus Plato amicus Aristoteles magis amica veritas." That is Latin for, "Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my best friend is truth." When

I think it may have something to do with something I heard when I was a kid. Something I think I heard. Actually, I know, know for a fact, that I heard something.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

Which begs the question, What is?

And did you love me?

Was I a science experiment? Did he want to pin me down and dissect me?

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.

Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.

Science would lead you to a more interesting life than something else.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

I'm asking questions that most people are asking, but just putting a melody or a song to it.

I'm fairly practiced at squirreling out stories and sources - I talk to people; I ask people if they know anyone worth talking to.

The mainspring of genius is curiosity.

If someone asked you what color the sky is, what would you say?

My quest and passionate curiosity are the basis for my love for scientific adventure.

Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know--any of us.

It was in the words he didn't say... that I found all the answers to my questions.