Quotes About Inquiry

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.

Arguments about God are like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.

My God, I have come with the seeds of questions. I planted them, and they never flowered.

When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants.

You cannot spend two thousand years trying to understand God and then simply abandon the question and declare that we're not interested in it anymore.

We worship God through our questions.

If we were truly created by God, why do we occasionally bite the insides of our mouths?

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

My father taught me that the question Who made me? cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question, Who made God?

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.

"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered."

Question boldly even the existence of God.

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

Heaven is satisfied curiosity.

God! Whose hand was I holding?

There're a lot of old religious beliefs that keep us stuck. Because we're afraid of the answers, a lot of us just don't ask the questions of God.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believe in God. I told you of course I do - I've always had a strong sense of self

At the heart of my metaphysic there is the ultimate question and at the heart of the universe there is the ultimate questioner.

God is a questioner; Man is a philosopher.

Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis.

oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions

keep searching, keep seeking.