Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never
were; and I say, "Why not?"

You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never
were; and I say, "Why not?"

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how
do we know it.

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how
do we know it.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different read more

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.