The field of the Geologist's inquiry is the Globe itself, ... [and] it is his study to decipher the monuments of the… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My own awakening came in 1991 and my teacher then, in India, asked me to return to the West and to share… — Arjuna Ardagh Copy Share Image
There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that. — Robert Urich Copy Share Image
With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
All sorts of articles and letters appear in the papers about women. Profound questions are raised concerning them. Should they smoke? Should… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We in our present generation stand on the cusp of a new and glorious dawn when mastery of these energies lies fully… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
In the domain of Political Economy, free scientific inquiry meets not merely the same enemies as in all other domains. The peculiar… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I have great concern, but my concern is probably not what most people would think it would be.My concern is why is… — Paula White 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
I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. Boer means farmer. Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out… — Henry Hamilton Beamish 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
First, draw off your hearts, because Jesus Christ, the Head, is risen and ascended upon high, and there sits at the right… — Christopher Love Copy Share Image
Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is difficult to understand why statisticians commonly limit their inquiries to Averages, and do not revel in more comprehensive views. Their… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
“Atheism is the default position in any scientific inquiry, just as a-quarkism or a-neutrinoism was. That is, any entity has to earn… — Tim Maudlin 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
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry. — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize or accept another's dogmatism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry. — Harriet Beecher Stowe 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
Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions. When inquiry and advocacy are combined, the goal is no longer 'to win the… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Never will this prevail, that the things that are not are — bar your thought from this road of inquiry. — Parmenides Copy Share Image
...You know something, don't you?" "I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific." "Just answer the question." "True/false or… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human. — Ayad Akhtar Copy Share Image
Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
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