"Truth never lost ground by enquiry." — William Penn

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• The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as… — Saint Basil
• We are all more or less ill till we find -Self-enquiry our Oneness with everyone else. — Douglas Harding
• The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment… — Howard Carter
• The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt… — Thomas Jefferson
• A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala.… — Fritjof Capra
• The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry… — Unknown Author
• If the Commission is to enquire into the conditions "to be observed," it is to be presumed that they will… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to… — A.J. Ayer
• Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom… — Thomas Jefferson
• Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of… — Thomas Jefferson
• If the maintenance of public credit, then, be truly important, the next enquiry which suggests itself is, by what means… — Alexander Hamilton
• As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. — Bridget Riley

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