E. Digby Baltzell Quotes

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to wisdom … For through doubting we are led to inquire, and by inquiry we perceive the truth.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

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

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

I love to doubt as well as know.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.

If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers

Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki

We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

Asking doesn't mean you lack wisdom - it's evidence of wisdom.