Questioning Quotes

539 quotes by 427 authors

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. — Eugene Ionesco
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. — Bruce Lee
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. — Claude Levi-Strauss
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? — Charles de Lint
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. — Naguib Mahfouz
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. — Og Mandino
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
There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how. — Toni Morrison
I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. — Elon Musk
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by… — Richard M. Nixon
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? — Mary Oliver
You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. — Pablo Picasso
Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which… — Albert Pike
Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does this by pushing… — Joe Rogan
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could… — Jim Rohn
Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic. — Salman Rushdie
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. — Bertrand Russell
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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