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The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but just what to do with life? The answer, that he should order his life so that he can find the greatest happiness in it, is more a practical question, similar to that of how a man should spend his weekend, then a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe.
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.
The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. "God wishes," said Calvin, "that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory.".
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.
The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions.
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.
Man will not live without answers to his questions.
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and majority votes, but by blood and iron.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Every clarification breeds new questions.
... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do you know now that you did not know before and how can you find out if it is true?
Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it?
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
