“Inquiry doesn’t have a motive. It doesn’t teach a philosophy. It’s just investigation.” — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Science is a way to pursue one's sense of inquiry at the expense of the State. — Lev Artsimovich Copy Share Image
The crime of inquiry is one which religion never has forgiven. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap amusements, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Asking the questions - that's what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Direct the glance of apprehension & inquiry to pure consciousness, in its own absolute Being. — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Even if we don't have any knowledge in this life, we have and tend to rely on relevant true beliefs; and that's… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions… — Bertrand Russell 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
Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right… — Paul Kurtz 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
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
You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
As unbalanced parties of every description can never tolerate a free inquiry of any kind, when employed against themselves, the license, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord's Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
I would very honestly just tell you that what I tried to do was simply respond to inquiries from people as they… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Liberals are like dogs: The liberal holds that he is true to the republic when he is true to himself. (It may… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
True myths may serve for thousands of years as an inexhaustible source of intellectual speculation, religious joy, ethical inquiry, and artistic renewal.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a… — Ed McCabe Copy Share Image
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive,… — Adolphe Quetelet 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
“But it is not, as we say when we are being diplomatic, a fruitful source of inquiry.” — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry. — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
Awakening is usually precipitated by the honest, sincere, inquiry into who you really are. — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image