Inquiry Quotes
332 quotes by 238 authors
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I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full…
— Isaac Newton
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Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.
— John of Salisbury
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Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others.
— Philip K. Dick
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We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to…
— V.S. Naipaul
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Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
— Abdul Kalam
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An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these…
— Gilbert Burnet
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Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry…
— Samuel Johnson
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the…
— George Washington
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The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda.
— John Dewey
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details, which must be attended to if rules have to be…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free…
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
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In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we…
— Plato
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The world still awaits a proper inquiry into climategate: one that is not stacked with global warming advocates and one that is prepared to cross-examine…
— Ross McKitrick
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Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It's not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and letting you see…
— Adyashanti
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In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and inactions) on yourself…
— Zoe Weil
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Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
— Herodotus
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Never will this prevail, that the things that are not are — bar your thought from this road of inquiry.
— Parmenides
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We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark…
— Barbara Jordan
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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there…
— Unknown Author
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