Questions are small lanterns in the dark. They nudge us to look closer, to listen more deeply, to admit what
we don’t yet know. As James Thurber wrote, “It is better to know some of the
questions than all of the answers.” These quotations honor curiosity, doubt, and the quiet courage it takes
to keep asking.
“To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution.” ~ Joe Cordare
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.” ~ e.e. cummings
“Every clarification breeds new questions.” ~ Arthur Bloch
“Ask with urgency and passion.” ~ A. J. Balfour
“No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
“Ask a question and you’re a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question and you’re a fool for the rest of your life.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“Live the questions.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
“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?” ~ Charles Connolly
“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.” ~ Anthony Jay
“Once you start to question your life you get to a higher level of awareness. It’s like turning a light on—voilà, you see you have choices and choices are sacred.” ~ Naomi Judd
“Asking the proper questions is the central action of transformation. Questions are the key that causes the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves
“Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.” ~ Adam L. Carley
“Make sure you are asking a question that is addressed both to the world around you and the world within you. It’s the only way to keep going when the doubt sets in.” ~ Rupert Goold
“You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.” ~ Pablo Picasso