Inquiry Quotes

332 Inquiry quotes by 238 unique authors

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries. — St. Jerome
I have often said in answer to inquiries as to how I got away with kidding some of our public men, that it was because… — Will Rogers
You have to be again innocent, ignorant, not knowing anything, so that the questions can start arising again. Again the inquiry becomes alive, and with… — Rajneesh
The routine of custom tends to deaden even scientific inquiry; it stands in the way of discovery and of the active scientific worker. For discovery… — John Dewey
In the deep jungles of Africa, a traveler was making a long trek. Coolies had been engaged from a tribe to carry the loads. The… — Lettie Cowman
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much… — Criss Jami
Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into what is meditation,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. — Richard Dawkins
Inquiry is fatal to certainty. — Will Durant
If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and… — Umberto Eco
Nothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas. It is time… — Sam Harris
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and… — Thomas Jefferson
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of… — Thomas Jefferson
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. — Benjamin Jowett
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. — Alfred Korzybski
Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is… — Jon Meacham
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. — Thomas Paine
Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in… — John Polkinghorne
Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system. — Rupert Sheldrake
Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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