Quotes About Inquiry

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.

I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.

Curiosity is more important than knowledge.

Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we are born.

Never lose a holy curiosity.

The important thing is never to stop questioning.

When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?

Scientists investigate that which already is; engineers create that which has never been.

It is almost a miracle that modern teaching methods have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom.

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details.

Belajarlah dari masa lalu, hiduplah untuk masa depan. Yang terpenting adalah tidak berhenti bertanya.

The world belongs to the people who are curious.

In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence

Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.

Never stop questioning

Read the Pig of Eden

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The starting point is a question.

the satisfaction of one answer merely leads to asking another question, and so on into infinity.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

There's so much one doesn't know; it wasn't my business to know. I mean, when a child asks you how a helicopter works or who made the world–well, what are you to answer if you're a Beta and have always worked in the Fertilizing Room? What are you to answer?

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