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For the chief malady of man is restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.
It is commonly, but erroneously, believed that it is easy to ask questions. A fool, it is said, can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. The fact is that a wise man can answer many questions that a fool cannot ask.
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
Bid imagination run / Much on the Great Questioner; / What He can question, what if questioned I / Can with a fitting confidence reply.
Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.
and wimple of the Order?" asked
The art of decision making includes the art of questioning.
I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge.
prompted questions to be asked at the time.
reason on specific
As on enquiring agnostic one seeks, not the smugness of atheism, not the blindness of idolatry - nor even the complacency of established religion - but the intelligent quest of the unknowing, in humility and with a clarity of mind
Do I have a question?
Questions inspire Curiosity
The pursuit of knowledge, brother, is the askin' of many questions.
It will contribute towards one's object, who wishes to acquire a facility in the gaining of knowledge, to doubt judiciously.
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.
wondering whether
Give me the good for which I do not know to ask,
You can ask many questions but you cannot question everything.
questions around
Wondering is illusion.
A curious mind enjoys inquiring, experimenting and discovering.
Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.
The words "question" and "quest" are cognates. Only through inquiry can we discover truth.
Authority that can not be questioned is tyranny Terry Pratchett: A Slip of the Keyboard
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?
a minute,' said Roger. 'You must ask
Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.
Are you asking because you really want an answer?
Our reason has this peculiar fate that, with reference to one class of its knowledge, it is always troubled with questions which cannot be ignored, because they spring from the very nature of reason, and which cannot be answered, because they transcend the powers of human reason.
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision.
If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave you undisturbed in the possession of your error.
What do you mean?" Yul asked.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.
Something is still missing from this story: the answers need to be fitted to the original questions.
I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.
Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.
Men say that we ought not to enquire into the supreme God and the nature of the universe, nor busy ourselves in searching out the causes of things, and that such enquiries are impious; whereas the very opposite is the truth.
I'm a name and a question.
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it.
After luncheon, accordingly, when the other two had settled themselves into the chimney-corner and had started a heated argument on the subject of EELS,
In inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
Curiouser and curiouser!
The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking.
I wish to speak with Mr. Pembrooke, if
A question is a polite way of demanding something.
This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.
But if anyone supposes that there was no commercial fraud in the Middle Ages, let him study the commercial legislation of England for that period, and his mind will be satisfied, if he has a mind to be satisfied and not only a fancy to run away with him.
And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.
Everything we know has its origins in questions. Questions, we might say, are the principal intellectual instruments available to human beings.
Wonder is the desire of knowledge.
What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about which they can know nothing and think they know a great deal.
We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.
I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work ... Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us.
Ideas come from curiosity.
Have from all quarters received. Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask. This is indeed a mystery,
Truth is a questioning place.
presses, and in our implied agreement with the old scytheman it is of the essence of the contract. I
Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. S. H. It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
our questions, but the need to do this
Are you asking me or telling me?
Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.
burning with curiosity
An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question.
I am concerned with facts of quite unverifiable intrinsic value, but which, by their absolutely unexpected violently fortuitous character, and the kind of associations of suspect ideas they provoke.
This idea is more surely understood by interrogation; WHAT DO I KNOW? which I bear as my motto with the emblem of a pair of scales.
Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know
A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity; nor is that curiosity ever more agreeably or usefully employed, than in examining the laws and customs of foreign nations.
Reason is the illusion of reality
And why not?' the merchant replied seriously. 'Why not have doubts? It's nothing but a human and good thing'.
'What?'
'Doubt. Only an evil man, master Geralt, is without it. And no one escapes his destiny'.
And how did this misfortune occur? inquired the latter, resuming the interrupted conversation.
We will be better and braver if we engage and inquire than if we indulge in
the idle fancy that we already know
or that it is of no use seeking to
know what we do not know.
Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.
In an examination those who do not wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.
Applicants for wisdom
do what I have done:
inquire within
Indeed? Pardon me for not listening further but I am really on an urgent errand.
How was it possible that the most honourable man she knew should be so overwhelmed by foul and baseless rumours? It made you suspect that honour had, in itself, a quality of the evil eye . . .
I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit
not too strenuous, not too sedentary; trains and invigorates the mind.
It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest,
should you choose to go on with my chronicle,
simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others.
The thing is, not to stop questioning.
Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
what [is] the cause wherefore ye are come?
their arrangement with
The simplest aspect of self-enquiry is to just hold onto the sense I AM, the sense of Being. Keep the sense of "I" or "I AM" by itself. Everyone can do this exercise - it brings immediate results.
We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.
I am now ... on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern ... But as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Science is always inquiring.
You have a case, Holmes?" I remarked. "The faculty of deduction is certainly contagious, Watson," he answered. "It has enabled you to probe my secret. Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
What is a question but a moment of discontent in pursuit of understanding? What is an answer but a moment of illusion in our flight from ignorance?
The fraudulent electrical utility company in conjunction with the corrupt sheriff taught me that an Englishman's home is not his castle
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.
Good question, but no answer. Good questions never have answers.
Curiosity must be kept alive.
There is nothing in man or nature that does not ask questions.