Questioning Quotes

• The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

  Claude Levi-Strauss

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Journey, Reality

  "Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity'". Life magazine, p. 64, May 02, 1955.

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• It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

  James Thurber

  Love, Life, Relationship

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

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

  Werner Heisenberg

  Science, Perception, Quantum Physics

  Physics and Philosophy (1958)

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• Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Attitude, Teaching

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• There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

  John Locke

  Children, Philosophical, Men

  John Locke, Ruth Weissbourd Grant, Nathan Tarcov (1996). “Some Thoughts Concerning Education: And, Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, Hackett Publishing

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• Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Clever, Men

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• The most important thing is to not stop questioning.

  Albert Einstein

  Success, Graduation, Important

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• There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

  George Jones

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  George Jones (2014). “I Lived to Tell It All”, p.143, Dell

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  Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

  Tony Robbins

  Success, Tattoo, Business

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 28, 2014

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• If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wise, School, Men

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

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jul 12, 2011

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• Believe what you like, but don't believe everything you read without questioning it.

  Pauline Baynes

  Believe, Don't Believe

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• I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

  Elon Musk

  Success, Inspiration, Thinking

  "Elon Musk: Secrets of a Highly Effective Entrepreneur" by Interview with Lance Ulanoff, mashable.com. April 13, 2012.

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• The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

  Ruby Dee

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Being Afraid

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• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.

  Paul Broca

  Inspire, Physicians, Assuming

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• Never stop doubting , never stop questioning, never ever assume you have all the answers. Having all the answers kills the question itself, renders it lifeless.....an d you too. Keep looking, keep seeking. Never, ever find it all. Because when you find it all, you deny that there is more. And there is never not more.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Doubt, Answers, Assuming

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Mar 24, 2014

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• Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Self, Intention

  C.S. Lewis (1960). “Mere Christianity”

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• I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.

  Byron Katie

  Fighting, Thinking, Mind

  Twitter post from Mar 08, 2011

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• Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.

  Ellis Peters

  Men, Dedication, Giving

  Ellis Peters (2014). “The Potter's Field”, p.62, Head of Zeus

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• I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

  Julia Cameron

  Taken, Loss, Finals

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

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• We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.

  Kallistos Ware

  God, Christian, Religious

  Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) (1995). “The Orthodox Way”, p.14, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

  Bertrand Russell

  Leadership, Thank You, Thankful

  "Bertrand Russell's Greatest Paradox was His Faith" by Dan Delzell, www.christianpost.com. November 4, 2011.

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