Nominally a great age of scientific inquiry, ours has become an age of superstition about the infallibility of science; of almost mystical… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The faults of a brilliant writer are never dangerous on the long run; a thousand people read his work who would read… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
"Story-tellers" should listen seriously to design and architecture without getting all literary and imperial about that. Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's a difficult thing to describe theology, what it means and how it disciplines thinking. Certainly, theology is the level at which… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It was a great step in science when men became convinced that, in order to understand the nature of things, they must… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
Our mandate expects that we will build on the Joint Inquiry's investigation and we will not be re-inventing the wheel. But we… — Richard Ben-Veniste Copy Share Image
“We might begin by scanning our body . . . and then asking, "What is happening?" We might also ask, "What wants… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“There was yet another disadvantage attaching to the whole of Newton’s physical inquiries, ... the want of an appropriate notation for expressing… — George Boole Copy Share Image
The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
There are inquiries which are a sort of moral burglary. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
The acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
It can scarcely be denied that the fundamental phenomena which first led mankind into chemical inquiries are those of combustion. — William Crookes Copy Share Image
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The world still awaits a proper inquiry into climategate: one that is not stacked with global warming advocates and one that is… — Ross McKitrick Copy Share Image
Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination.… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it… — Marilyn Strathern Copy Share Image
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