Quotes About Inquiry

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have power and what are the long-term consequences of power.

Genius is not the one who gives answers, it's the one who asks the questions.

Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

His eyes tight, his head angled in surmise, Karras rose and stared down at the priest, demanding huskily, "Who in the hell are you, pal? Who are you?" The soft

It goes much against my stomach. Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?

Mysteries simply are a feast for an active mind.

And, while in my lifetime I've seen science make extraordinary inroads into solving the most complex questions of life, after all this time I admit that I am thrilled that there are some things that forever will remain a mystery. For example, do I wear a toupee?

Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. They're more easily handled than dumb mistakes.

Among the many benefits of Socratic Method is that it causes students to reach their own insights and express them in their own words.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know

To ask the hard question is simple.

The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.

he seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn't afraid to say "we don't know".

The Professor never really seemed to care whether we figured out the right answer to a problem. He preferred our wild, desperate guesses to silence, and he was even more delighted when those guesses led to new problems that took us beyond the original one. He had a special feeling for what called the "correct miscalculation," for he believed that mistakes were often as revealing as the right answers.

and he seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

Varför rymde du inte? Hon hade ju kunnat hjälpa dig härifrån. Då hade du kunnat bli fri", sa han och rörde vid min haka. "Men det gjorde du inte. Du stannade kvar här. Varför det?" Han frågade mig envist om orsaken. Han borde ju veta mycket väl att en människa som har förlorat orden inte kan förklara några orsaker. Vad var det då han krävde av mig? Jag förblev bara alldeles stel.

there was no shame in admitting you didn't have the answer, it was a necessary step toward the truth. It was as important to teach us about the unknown or the unknowable as it was to teach us what had already been safely proven.

When I don't know the answer to something, I write a book about it because it gives me a chance to explore it and go to some people who do have the answers.

The person who asks a lot of questions has room for their faith to grow.

They will want answers. Then they'll want silence.