You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more

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

Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know

Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What read more

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in read more

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This read more

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'

Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them

Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now read more

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you read more

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we read more

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.