Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.

Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to read more

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

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.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

He who has a why can endure any how

He who has a why can endure any how

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.'

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?

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.