The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Injection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
See that you are not what you believe yourself to be. Fight with all the strength at your disposal against the idea… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
So long as knowledge goes beyond mere true belief, foreknowledge is implausible, since having and relying on relevant true beliefs is sufficient… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
Any honest inquiry into the reality of nature also yields insights about ourselves. — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Certainly, for a newspaper director, to have within arm's reach a Travaglio, about whom every starring actor, supporting cast and extra of… — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or the wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“...[T]hese people... are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters... theories about the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only...… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire… — Edward Jenner Copy Share Image
“[The public school system is] usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access… — Robert G. Vosper Copy Share Image
In mathematical science, more than in all others, it happens that truths which are at one period the most abstract, and apparently… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Real inquiry is a tremendous moral transforming force. It's not just questioning and looking for a quick answer or explanation, but the… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantiate prejudices I had… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
