Inquiring Minds Quotes:

There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind.

- Margaret Atwood

topic: Mind, Inquiring Minds, Inquiring

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

- Felix Frankfurter

source: Dennis v. United States, 241 U.S. 494, 556, 1951.

topic: Confidence, Men, Mind, Inquiring Minds, Confidence And Strength

If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

- Edward Hodnett

source: Edward Hodnett (1955). “The art of problem solving: how to improve your methods”, Harper & Brothers

topic: Success, Asking Questions, Mind, Right Answers, Inquiring Minds

A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

- H. L. Mencken

source: "Prejudices Second Series".

topic: Mind, Literature, Inquiring, Great Literature, Inquiring Minds

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Journey, Reality, Marvelous Things, Journey Of Self Discovery

An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Believe, Intelligent, Mind, Inquiring Minds

Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

- Orison Swett Marden

topic: Cute, Positive, Leadership, Life Philosophy, Inspirational Tattoo

The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind.

- Russell M. Nelson

topic: Mind, Inquiring, Lord, Inquiring Minds

The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

source: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.456, Best Books on

topic: Fashion, Home, Race, Inquiring Minds, Whole Truth

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

- Albert Einstein

source: "Philomena interview: Steve Coogan". www.sbs.com.au. December 28, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live And Learn, Hungry For Knowledge

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I have. But not an interrupting one.

- John Flanagan

topic: Should Have, Mind, Inquiring, Interrupting, Inquiring Minds

The name 'Seventh-day Adventist' carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

- Ellen G. White

topic: Jesus, Arrows, Law, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ

We should not go to the [poor countries] and say: 'We come to ... teach you our science, to show you your errors.' ... We should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn [from] these people.

- Che Guevara

topic: Country, Humble, Errors, Inquiring Minds, Poor Countries

The rainbow is such a remarkable phenomenon of nature, and its cause has been so meticulously sought after by inquiring minds throughout the ages, that I could not choose a more appropriate subject for demonstrating how, with the method I am using, we can arrive at knowledge not possessed at all by those whose writings are available to us.

- Rene Descartes

topic: Writing, Discovery, Rainbow, Inquiring Minds

It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of the masses the clear cerulean blue of heavenly truth.

- Hosea Ballou

topic: Struggle, Ignorance, Blue, Inquiring Minds

Teaching is not the mere imparting of information but the cultivation of an inquiring mind which will penetrate into the question of what is religion and not merely accept the established religions, churches, and rituals.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

source: "The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti".

topic: Teaching, Mind, Inquiring, Inquiring Minds

The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an inquiring mind, and an independent attitude, his creativity intact, his love of life blooming. The union of one will be peopled by one man or one woman who is alive . Such a person is always sought by the intelligent manager.

- Gerry Spence

topic: Powerful, Attitude, Love Life, Inquiring Minds

Brought up a Presbyterian, indoctrinated from the Catechism, and being naturally of an inquiring mind, I fell a ready prey to the logic of infidelity, as soon as I began to think for myself. But that which at first threatened to be the utter shipwreck of faith in God and the Bible was, under God's providence, over-ruled for good, and merely wrecked my confidence in human creed and systems of Bible misinterpretations.

- Charles Taze Russell

source: Charles Taze Russell (2009). “Studies in the Scriptures”, General Books

topic: Thinking, Infidelity, Mind, Shipwreck, Inquiring Minds