100 Quotes About Question

If you’ve ever wondered if you’re wasting your life or living the wrong kind of life, take a look at these great questions quotes. Take some time to reflect on your life and what you really want out of it. Look at the great quotes below and find the ones that resonate with you. Then pick one or two to help clarify your quest for happiness.

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Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm. There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself. Tom Robbins
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Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man. Colleen Hoover
He who has a why to live for can bear...
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He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
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I don't get it, ' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one. It's so she can fly, ' I said. Then I started to run. Sarah Dessen
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Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day. . Rainer Maria Rilke
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Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life. You can spend your life wallowing in despair, wondering why you were the one who was led towards the road strewn with pain, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough to survive it. J.D. Stroube
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After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked–as I am surprisingly often–why I bother to get up in the mornings. Richard Dawkins
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The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people? Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy? . Anne Frank
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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Oliver Goldsmith
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless...
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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 as we think we know. Criss Jami
Is it better to go with the flow or let...
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Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go? Aidan Chambers
Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape...
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Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open? Agatha Christie
Always ask the questions you want to, life is too...
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Always ask the questions you want to, life is too short to know if you'll get a second chance to ask , and afterlife is probably too long to wonder what the answer may be. Kaitlin Hollon
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Maybe we should always start everything from the inside and work to the outside, and not from the outside to the inside. What d'you think? Aidan Chambers
To be, or not to be: what a question!
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To be, or not to be: what a question! E.a. Bucchianeri
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Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only 'pseudo problems, ' because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless. Many of the traditional problems of philosophy, of religion, or of ethics, are of this character. Consider, for example, the problem of the freedom of the will. You maintain that you are free to take either the right- or the left-hand fork in the road. I defy you to set up a single objective criterion by which you can prove after you have made the turn that you might have made the other. The problem has no meaning in the sphere of objective activity; it only relates to my personal subjective feelings while making the decision. Percy Williams Bridgman
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We awaken by asking the right questions. We awaken when we see knowledge being spread that goes against our own personal experiences. We awaken when we see popular opinion being wrong but accepted as being right, and what is right being pushed as being wrong. We awaken by seeking answers in corners that are not popular. And we awaken by turning on the light inside when everything outside feels dark. Suzy Kassem
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Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is rare, even among philosophers. Moreover, it can be so dangerous to say in public that it can cost you your life. The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Giving answers is not nearly as threatening. Any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers. Jostein Gaarder
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He looked at me intently, from what seemed behind the veil of a grave experience. Then slowly and prophetically, he said the scariest thing I'd ever heard: "Because the answer to a heartfelt question, Jack, will always break your heart. Thomas H. Cook
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Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice; the persecuting people it carries into fiendish sadistic cruelty. Mind you, though this may seem to justify the eighteenth-century Age of Reason in its contention that religion is nothing but an organized, gigantic fraud and a curse to the human race, nothing could be farther from the truth. It possesses these two aspects, the evil one of the two appealing to people capable of naïve hatred; but what is actually happening is that when you get natures stirred to their depths over questions which they feel to be overwhelmingly vital, you get the bad stirred up in them as well as the good; the mud as well as the water. It doesn't seem to matter much which sect you have, for both types occur in all sects.. . Alfred North Whitehead
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Until modern times, we focused a great deal of the best of our thought upon rituals of return to the human condition. Seeking enlightenment or the Promised Land or the way home, a man would go or be forced to go into the wilderness, measure himself against the Creation, recognize finally his true place within it, and thus be saved both from pride and from despair. Seeing himself as a tiny member of a world he cannot comprehend or master or in any final sense possess, he cannot possibly think of himself as a god. And by the same token, since he shares in, depends upon, and is graced by all of which he is a part, neither can he become a fiend; he cannot descend into the final despair of destructiveness. Returning from the wilderness, he becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forebears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.(pg.95, "The Body and the Earth"). Wendell Berry
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She had argued for a broad interpretation, which imposed a duty to answer questions truthfully, and not to hide facts which could give a different complexion to a matter, but on subsequent thought she had revised her position. Although she still believed that one should be frank in answers to questions, this duty arose only where there was an obligation, based on a reasonable expectation, to make a full disclosure. There was no duty to reveal everything in response to a casual question by one who had no right to the information. Alexander McCall Smith
The more you go with the flow of life and...
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The more you go with the flow of life and surrender the outcome to God, and the less you seek constant clarity, the more you will find that fabulous things start to show up in your life. Mandy Hale
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The ancients were afraid that if they went to the end of the earth they would fall off and be consumed by dragons. But once we understand that Christianity is true to what is there, true to the ultimate environment - the infinite, personal God who is really there - then our minds are freed. We can pursue any question and can be sure that we will not fall off the end of the earth. Francis A. Schaeffer
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When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, 'Peace, child; you don't understand. C.s. Lewis
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To question the world around us and all its complexities is not blasphamy, but simply using the mind God gave us for its intended purpous. God is an artist. Artist do not create to have someone just glance and say "That is pretty." Artist want viewers to look closer, deeper--to really see what they have created--not just glance. Cristina Marrero
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Her eyes were of different colors, the left as brown as autumn, the right as gray as Atlantic wind. Both seemed alive with questions that would never be voiced, as if no words yet existed with which to frame them. She was nineteen years old, or thereabouts; her exact age was unknown. Her face was as fresh as an apple and as delicate as blossom, but a marked depression in the bones beneath her left eye gave her features a disturbing asymmetry. Her mouth never curved into a smile. God, it seemed, had withheld that possibility, as surely as from a blind man the power of sight. He had withheld much else. Amparo was touched–by genius, by madness, by the Devil, or by a conspiracy of all these and more. She took no sacraments and appeared incapable of prayer. She had a horror of clocks and mirrors. By her own account she spoke with Angels and could hear the thoughts of animals and trees. She was passionately kind to all living things. She was a beam of starlight trapped in flesh and awaiting only the moment when it would continue on its journey into forever.” (p.33). Tim Willocks
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It doesn’t cause me to doubt God’s existence, but it does force me to admit there’s a lot about God I don’t understand. Carolyn Custis James
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Question everything–no matter how beloved, or how long-held, or how exalted–without apology. Only those who build their world upon lies need fear an inquisitive mind. The truth will remain, even after a storm of doubt and revolution has washed over it. Only illusions need be protected. The truth need not be defended; it existed before us and will continue to exist after us. L.M. Browning
At the end of the day, the questions we ask...
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At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become. Leo Babauta
People love answers, but only as long as they are...
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People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them. Criss Jami
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Doubts are good. Confusion is excellent. Questions are awesome. All these are attempts to expand the wisdom of mind. Manoj Arora
If you can get others to believe that your random...
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If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they’ll never guess that you never understood the question in the first place. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Can a man's life be complete without his Maker?
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Can a man's life be complete without his Maker? Lailah Gifty Akita
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Should IToday I am in search of a light, that can show me a way bright, Today I am trying to find a reason, For why my life feels like a prison, I am trying to find a way, So that, even just for a day, my seldom happiness could stay, I am trying to find a reason of pain, to know why it hurts and sometimes eyes rain, Today looking back at life and planning for future, I cannot forget those people and miss ventures, Should I stay, wait or move on, Or should I believe that, they moved on, Should i forget that old house and small streets, Or can I forget the faces, lanes and their good deeds, Its been a while and they are changed, Should I forget them or remember them as a tale, I feel so big, heavy and old, Should i take some decisions bold, Life being so rude and cold, But always i found a reason to stay and take hold, I hope for a light, reason and rain, Hope to overcome darkness, treason and pain. Ratish Edwards
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That thing you thought you'd do You start to think you can't; You always say tomorrow, But you haven't got a plan. Everyone's asking questions, And all you do is dodge. That career that you'd imagined Was only a mirage. The older that you get, The smaller that you feel; You forget what's only in your head, And what is really real. Sometimes people make it; They become who they meant to be. But most of the time, Dreamers only dream. Margo T. Rose
When I die I hope it may be said:' Her...
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When I die I hope it may be said:' Her suffering was black, but her books were read'. Shannon L. Alder
With faith, there are no questions; without faith, there are...
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With faith, there are no questions; without faith, there are no answers. Yisroel Meir HaCohen
Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But...
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Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But a hard question must have a hard answer. And for the hardest questions of all, there may be no answer - except faith. Charles Sheffield
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Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a doubt, or raised a question, only to be told by their family, church, friends, or tribe: "We don't discuss those things here." I believe the discussion itself is divine. Abraham does his best to bargain with God, most of the book of Job consists of arguments by Job and his friends about the deepest questions of human suffering, God is practically on trial in the book of Lamentations, and Jesus responds to almost every question he's asked with..a question. Rob Bell
Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point....
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Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. Criss Jami
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..where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to the next. Don't look past this boundary, they told Galileo, then Hutton, Darwin, Von Neumann, and Crick, always retreating with great dignity before the latest scientific advance, then drawing the next holy perimeter at the shadowy rim of knowledge. David Brin
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Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ask. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds -- justifications, confirmations, forms of consolation without which they can't go on. To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner. Anne Rice
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To ask the 'right' question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem. Jiddu Krishnamurti
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We feel that, for the honour of God (and also, though we do not say this, for the sake of our own reputation as spiritual Christians), it is necessary for us to claim that we are, so to speak, already in the signal-box, here and now enjoying the inside information as to the why and wherefore of God’s doings. This comforting pretence becomes part of us: we feel sure that God has enabled us to understand all His ways with us and our circle thus far, and we take if for granted that we shall be able to see at once the reason for anything that may happen to us in the future. And then something very painful and quite inexplicable comes along, and our cheerful illusion of being in God’s secret councils is shattered. Our pride is wounded; we feel that God has slighted us; and unless at this point we repent, and humble ourselves very thoroughly for our former presumption, our whole subsequent spriritual life may be blighted. . J.I. Packer
We awaken by asking the right questions.
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We awaken by asking the right questions. Suzy Kassem
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WONDERLANDIt is a person's unquenchable thirst for wonder That sets them on their initial quest for truth. The more doors you open, the smaller you become. The more places you see and the more people you meet, The greater your curiosity grows. The greater your curiosity, the more you will wander. The more you wander, the greater the wonder. The more you quench your thirst for wonder, The more you drink from the cup of life. The more you see and experience, the closer to truth you become. The more languages you learn, the more truths you can unravel. And the more countries you travel, the greater your understanding. And the greater your understanding, the less you see differences. And the more knowledge you gain, the wider your perspective, And the wider your perspective, the lesser your ignorance. Hence, the more wisdom you gain, the smaller you feel. And the smaller you feel, the greater you become. The more you see, the more you love --The more you love, the less walls you see. The more doors you are willing to open, The less close-minded you will be. The more open-minded you are, The more open your heart. And the more open your heart, The more you will be able to Send and receive --Truth and TRUEUnconditionalLOVE. Suzy Kassem
It wasn't so much that I was in search of...
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It wasn't so much that I was in search of answers. In fact, I was wary of the whole idea of answers. I wanted to climb all the way inside of the questions and see what was there. Dani Shapiro
So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for...
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So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing? Peter Wohlleben
The questions you don't ask are just as important as...
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The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know. Murad S. Shah
It's worse than treachery. He's using force. Is that worse...
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It's worse than treachery. He's using force. Is that worse than guile? Pamela Dean
Read and search for the answers you seek.
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Read and search for the answers you seek. Lailah Gifty Akita
Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are...
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Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be? Mitch Albom
An empowered life begins with serious personal questions about oneself....
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An empowered life begins with serious personal questions about oneself. Those answers bare the seeds of success. Steve Maraboli
I'd rather strive for the kind of interview where instead...
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I'd rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society. Criss Jami
All the answers you seek in life. It is hidden...
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All the answers you seek in life. It is hidden a book. Lailah Gifty Akita
If you begin to read, you find the answers you...
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If you begin to read, you find the answers you seek. Lailah Gifty Akita
Keep questioning! With time, you will find answers to your...
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Keep questioning! With time, you will find answers to your questions. Lailah Gifty Akita
If you begin to ask questions, you will find the...
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If you begin to ask questions, you will find the answers. Lailah Gifty Akita
It was in the words he didn't say... that I...
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It was in the words he didn't say... that I found all the answers to my questions. Alfa H
When people seem angry, sometimes they are simply upset and...
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When people seem angry, sometimes they are simply upset and hurting. Asking the right questions helps them to work through it. Sam Owen
One common thing about great achievers is that, they keep...
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One common thing about great achievers is that, they keep asking useful questions every day. They ask questions like; “What do I want and what do I need to do to get it? Israelmore Ayivor
To become a better you, keep asking curious questions about...
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To become a better you, keep asking curious questions about yourself. If you lose, ask “why?”; if you win, ask “why not? Israelmore Ayivor
Spend time with your kids and try to answer all...
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Spend time with your kids and try to answer all their questions, it will make your life challenging. Rudolf Jerome Ragay
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You can ask why all day long if you want to. You can ask God why and your friends why and yourself why until you're buried in nothing but that single question, but you'll never get an answer. This side of heaven, time is the only thing that helps a little bit. So don't give in. Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and mess with your mind and wrap around you so tight you won't be able to breathe. Don't let the whys ruin your life, child. Every time they try to sneak up, push them aside and move forward. Trust me, it's the only way you can get on with living." I turn toward the window and think about her words. "What if I can't? Let it go, I mean?" I don't see her smile, but I can hear it. "You can. I know you can. Because no matter how hard life gets, there's always goodness right around the corner. All you have to do is look for it. Amy Matayo
Are you going to answer my questions, or do I...
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Are you going to answer my questions, or do I have to whack you with a stick until delicious candy surprises fall out? Molly Harper
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Wait, is this a nice-ish way of telling me we had sex and I was lousy? That's how you can tell I'm inexperienced? Because, if so, that's just rude. And what were you doing at Shenanigans? And how did you find me on the road?" Gabriel looked wounded. "To answer your questions in order: The only body fluid I exchanged with you is blood--"" That's very comforting, thank you. Molly Harper
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than...
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned. Richard Feynman
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It was long before I could believe that human learning had no clear answer to this question. For a long time it seemed to me, as I listened to the gravity and seriousness wherewith Science affirmed its positions on matters unconnected with the problem of life, that I must have misunderstood something. For a long time I was timid in the presence in learning, and I fancied that the insufficiency of the answers which I received was not its fault, but was owing to my own gross ignorance, but this thing was not a joke or a pastime with me, but the business of my life, and I was at last forced, willy-nilly, to the conclusion that these questions of mine were the only legitimate questions underlying all knowledge, and that it was not I that was in fault in putting them, but science in pretending to have an answer for them. Leo Tolstoy
There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a...
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There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything...
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Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered. Scott Westerfeld
The library made me feel safe, as if every question...
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The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as I could sort through another volume. Dee Williams
Mind knows the questions, soul knows the answers.
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Mind knows the questions, soul knows the answers. Amit Ray
But I was afraid of the questions (much more than...
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But I was afraid of the questions (much more than the accusations) you might both put to me. J.d. Salinger
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Two questions I'm pondering:1. If money didn't exist, would you still chase your dreams?2. If money didn't exist, would you still keep your job? If the answer is "YES" to both, you're on track. If the answer is "NO" to either, what needs to change? Richie Norton
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I am just the biologist; I don’t require any of this to have a deeper meaning. I am aware that all of this speculation is incomplete, inexact, inaccurate, useless. If I don’t have real answers, it is because we still don’t know what questions to ask. Our instruments are useless, our methodology broken, our motivations selfish. Jeff VanderMeer
QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things
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QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things Richie Norton
Do you love me enough that I am allowed to...
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Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be damaged? Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be weak in some places? Khadija Rupa
You’ll only know the answers once you love.
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You’ll only know the answers once you love. Kamand Kojouri
Do you love me enough that I am allowedto be...
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Do you love me enough that I am allowedto be damaged? Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be weak in some places? Khadija Rupa
Never give up on someone. Sometimes the answers you are...
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Never give up on someone. Sometimes the answers you are looking for are the same answers another person is looking for. Two people searching together are always better than one person alone. Shannon L. Alder
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But, is it more important to stay true to yourself, to what you believe in, or give it up for someone you care about?” Lisa gives me a warm smile and her hand finds mine on the table.“ There is no right answer to that.” She squeezes my hand hard. “It depends on so many things. You are the one who has to choose, to find the balance between what you believe in and what you care about. It’s a game with high risk–you can lose someone you care about but still have your pride, or…you can lose yourself for someone you care about.” She gets up from her seat. “The real question is–is ‘care’ good enough to be lost for? . Anna B. Doe
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I think he just loved being with the bears because they didn't make him feel bad. I get it too. When he was with the bears, they didn't care that he was kind of weird, or that he'd gotten into trouble for drinking too much and using drugs(which apparently he did a lot of). They didn't ask him a bunch of stupid questions about how he felt, or why he did what he did. They just let him be who he was. Michael Thomas Ford
Pose your questions to people and you will get countless...
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Pose your questions to people and you will get countless useless answers. Dejan Stojanovic
People, who seek God, find answers to their question
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People, who seek God, find answers to their question Sunday Adelaja
Rule #1 of Traveling-Don't even think of answering questions that...
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Rule #1 of Traveling-Don't even think of answering questions that contain the word "plan"? Sanhita Baruah
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What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie? What if you missed your opportunity because you didn't know your worth? What if you settled on familiar, but God was trying to give you something better? What if you decided not to go backwards, but forward? What if doing what you have never done before was the answer to everything that didn't make sense? What if the answer wasn't to be found in words, but in action? What if you found the courage to do what you really wanted to do and doing it changed your whole life? . Shannon L. Alder
What is your specific mission in life?
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What is your specific mission in life? Lailah Gifty Akita
The answer of life struggles in between two kinds of...
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The answer of life struggles in between two kinds of people- those who live to dreamand those who dream to live Ask them the question about death if they can truly conceive Munia Khan
Questions that will free you might have answers that will...
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Questions that will free you might have answers that will imprison you again. Nema AlAraby
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Female monsters take things as personally as they really are. They study facts. Even if rejection makes them feel like the girl who's not invited to the party, they have to understand the reasons why.. Every question, once it's formulated, is a paradigm, contains its own internal truth. We have to stop diverting ourselves with false questions. And I told Warren: I aim to be a female monster too. Chris Kraus
Curiosity–asking questions–isn’t just a way of understanding the world. It’s...
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Curiosity–asking questions–isn’t just a way of understanding the world. It’s a way of changing it. Brian Grazer
My instinct is saying its not over, but your adamant...
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My instinct is saying its not over, but your adamant it is, what do I trust? Nikki Rowe
Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely...
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Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good? L.m. Montgomery
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The greatest thinkers have attempted to find who we are where we come from and why we are here but the greatest enigmas to me are how your hair is a lasso that captures the stars how your eyes are lakes that drown my doubts and how your skin is the sun bursting all at once. If I knew these answers I’d know everything for you alone contain the entire universe. Kamand Kojouri
If God has the answer to every question, maybe my...
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If God has the answer to every question, maybe my appreciation for God should be shaped more by the number of questions and less by the wisdom of the answers. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Was an eternity of absolute ease just another name for...
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Was an eternity of absolute ease just another name for hell? Octavia E. Butler
Do you think your soul is more beautiful than your...
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Do you think your soul is more beautiful than your body? Tamara Stamenkovic
When a woman is full of cockiness, I wonder what...
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When a woman is full of cockiness, I wonder what makes her so insecure. When a man is full of ego, I wonder what he's holding onto. Nikki Rowe
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This is an everyday question and you must take note of it always. When you wake up, it should be among your number one thoughts. What are you doing for others? Israelmore Ayivor