Quotes About Inquiry

All men by nature desire to know.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear and merge into something else.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go.

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.]

Saying 'I don't know' is one of the most powerful things you can say because it creates the potential to find out.

There is no shame in not knowing your history, the shame lies in not finding out.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

There are no dumb questions?only dumb answers.

I never give answers. I lead on from one question to another. That is my leadership.

Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!

Don't just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.

Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.

Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.

The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends.

No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?