Quotes About Inquiry

Unlike seeking, which is result-oriented and rooted in a sense of dissatisfaction and incompleteness, this kind of meditative inquiry is rooted in curiosity, interest and love. Much as a lover explores the beloved, this nondual, nonconceptual inquiry is an act of love and devotion. Much as a child explores the world with open curiosity and wonder, this kind of inquiry is a form of play and self-discovery.

Common politeness required that I find out; so did extreme nosiness.

The way you ask a question chooses its answer.

That's the trouble with answers. They're never as exciting as the questions, somehow.

Why-why-why!... Ask it of everything your mind touches, and let you mind touch everything!

How one chooses to address imperial duress depends in part on where and among whom it is sought, how it is imagined to manifest, the temporalities in which it is lodged, and the sensory regimes on which it weighs. As an object of inquiry, it demands that we ask how we know it and what the political consequences are of knowing in certain ways.

When in doubt, read books. Educate yourself. Education has always saved me Edward. Learn about the mysteries.

My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.

me if I did!" ejaculated the coroner.

What right had they to make me suffer like that?

Sometimes I ask lots of people the same question." His head hurt. "What do you do if you don't get the same answer?" "Think about it.

I was thinking of something that made me unhappy." Simon stopped snarling and cocked his head, looking more baffled than angry. "Why would you do that?

It's none of my business, but I am curious," Saetan said. "Why are you standing out here displaying your assets?

A thousand questions hit my eyes from the inside.

the blade have been deflected?

A journey through all the nooks and crannies of the human experience, spiritual inquiry is the effort to connect with a larger reality, to master the self and its endless puzzles and boundaries. It's the never-ending asking, What is this? What's the point?

DON'T ASK THE QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE ANSWERS.

suspiciously.

Complex and open-minded thought is most likely to be activated when decision makers learn prior to forming any opinions that they will be accountable to an audience (a) whose views are unknown, (b) who is interested in accuracy, (c) who is reasonably well-informed, and (d) who has a legitimate reason for inquiring into the reasons behind participants' judgments/choices.

TED Talk, "The Pursuit of Ignorance.") In the book and the talk, Firestein

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure.

The best project is one that asks a novel question.

I like to be very involved in any project that I am doing.

In 1965, when I was fourteen, I read my first adult novel; it was a historical novel about Katherine of Aragon, and I could not put it down. When I finished it, I had to find out the true facts behind the story and if people really carried on like that in those days. So I began to read proper history books, and found that they did!