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

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.

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a read more

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a question

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think read more

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?

Questions are the creative acts of intelligence

Questions are the creative acts of intelligence

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

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.'