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• The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.

  Thomas Kuhn

  Entrepreneur, Asking, Answers

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• Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Education, Perseverance, Teaching

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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• To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

  Roger Bacon

  Knowledge, Knowing, Words Of Wisdom

  "LIFE" Magazine, (p. 73), September 8, 1958.

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• We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.

  Kallistos Ware

  God, Christian, Religious

  Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) (1995). “The Orthodox Way”, p.14, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would do, and how he would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Jesus, Thinking

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons”

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• What's in a question, you ask? Everything. It is evoking stimulating response or stultifying inquiry. It is, in essence, the very core of teaching.

  John Dewey

  Teaching, Essence, Inquiry

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• The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world.

  Janine Benyus

  Lenses, Needs, Answers

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  Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teacher

  "New York Post" Newspaper, June 24, 1965.

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• Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 25, 2012

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• The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.

  Paul Broca

  Inspire, Physicians, Assuming

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• You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jul 12, 2011

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• To create, one must first question everything.

  Eileen Gray

  Creativity, Creating, Design

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• Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.

  Ellis Peters

  Men, Dedication, Giving

  Ellis Peters (2014). “The Potter's Field”, p.62, Head of Zeus

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• Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Love, Patience, Heart

  Rainer Maria Rilke, Albert Ernest Flemming (1986). “Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems”, p.12, Psychology Press

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• The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

  Ruby Dee

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Being Afraid

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• The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.

  John W. Gardner

  Creativity, Imagination, Creative

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• The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

  James A. Baldwin

  Keys, Diversity, Literature

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• I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

  Julia Cameron

  Taken, Loss, Finals

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

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• Believe what you like, but don't believe everything you read without questioning it.

  Pauline Baynes

  Believe, Don't Believe

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• A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

  Francis Bacon

  Wisdom, Educational, Creativity

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• 'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

  John Abbott

  Wise, Education, Knowledge

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• If you don't like the question that's asked, answer some other question.

  Howard Baker

  Answers, Ifs

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• If it's worth listening to, it's worth questioning until you understand it.

  Seth Godin

  Listening, Ifs

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• Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

  David Mamet

  Three, Answers, Want

  "Crossings: David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media". Book by Johan Callens, 2009.

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• We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

  Bono

  Thoughtful, Perspective, Questions And Answers

  Song: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock

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