Thought Provoking Quotes

331 Thought Provoking quotes by 158 unique authors

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. — Albert Einstein
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the… — Francis Chan
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. — Maya Angelou
Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief. — Nicholas Sparks
Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers. — Richelle Mead
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches! — Chinua Achebe
Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. — Francis Chan
The numbing mind-ream of knowing you're alone not because people won't accept you but because you find so little worth accepting. An imposed solitude is… — Jhonen Vasquez
Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation. — Edward Abbey
Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge. — Patrick Ness
Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them. — Patrick Ness
A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years but a photograph always remains the same. How… — Albert Einstein
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old — Peter Drucker
Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make… — Frank Herbert
True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity — Francis Chan
Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one. — Neil Gaiman
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something… — Chinua Achebe
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness. — Francis Chan
Yes, of course we were pretentious -- what else is youth for? — Julian Barnes
I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure. — Virginia Woolf
To learn is to be young, however old. — Aeschylus
People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. — Charles Bukowski
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. — Sarah Vowell
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the… — Francis Chan
To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense. — Henry Ford

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