Quotes About Inquiry

The questions produced before studying the topic turned out to be much deeper and more exciting. It seemed that the formal study of the topic had quenched students' sense of its mystery.

Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.

Since the time of Justin, the dialogue between faith and reason, between faith and culture, has reflected two essential characteristics of the Christian intellectual heritage: (1) faith seeks understanding; and (2) intellectual inquiry invites a response of faith.

When I have a particular case in hand," he explained, "I . . . love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.

Saying "I don't know" is not a flaw. It is a true and valid statement that does not take the totally illogical leap of "I don't know … therefore a god did it." It communicates the simple and reasonable proposition that we need to learn more.

Perhaps people found talking to software less intimidating than talking to an actual person; maybe it was because a computer could ask them franker questions that would be deemed too invasive or rude coming from a human.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

With a Spoon?!

Do you have a surname?" "It begins with a C," said the boy. "Well, at least we have the first letter. It's like doing the crossword!" "Charper!" "Tom Charper!" said the man, scribbling it down on the form. "That's question one done. Just a hundred and ninety-one to go.

Ask me anything,

Sometimes I need a place to ask myself impossible questions.

key intentional questions: • What is most important to you about this? • What is surprising to you right now? • What is inspiring you? • What is challenging you?

The only "right" answer is one that can be questioned.

Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

I suppose it is quite certain he is dead?" I asked faintly. "There are bits of him stuck to your shoe," he remarked, rather unhelpfully.

One seldom finds something is one never actually looks for it. A Curious Beginning

One seldom finds something if one never actually looks for it. Deanna Raybourne, A Curious Beginning

The drive to know fuels the desire to seek.

Never ask questions you don't want the answer to.

Accept nothing. Challenge everything.

I always like the story behind the story more than the story itself.

Storytelling answers questions and solves mysteries.

I wonder how many books you have read?