Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

'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.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A wise man's question contains half the answer.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

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

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.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

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

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

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

The over curious are not over wise.

Everything in this world can volunteer some reply, what takes up time is posing the questions.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.

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

Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup.