Elie Wiesel Quotes

The word "question" originates from the Latin root, quaestio, which means "to seek." Inside the word "question" is the word "quest," suggesting that within every question is an adventure, a pursuit which can lead us to hidden treasure.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?'... I don't know. I don't have any answers to those questions. I don't know what's over there around the corner. But I want to find out.

We're all like detectives. We want to figure things out. Life, you know, we want to figure out life, and we want to figure out what's going on, so it's beautiful. It's beautiful that people are thinking.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word.

I encourage people to ask whatever question you're most interested in hearing the answer to.

That's a question mark everyone's asking

The search for the lessons of the new science is still in progress, really in its infancy. In this realm, three is a new kind of freedom, where it is more rewarding to explore than to reach conclusions, more satisfying to wonder than to know, and more exciting to search than to stay put. Curiosity, not certainty, becomes the saving grace.

An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.

Live the questions now.

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

I don't have answers. I have questions.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.

I don't think there are any rude questions.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

To me, what is important in the theater is that we don't want to make a conclusion. We don't want to make a statement, don't want to say what something is. We want to ask, 'What is it?'

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions - that's behind my curiosity.

Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.

The biggest obstacle to good gardening is the desire to know the answers and not the questions.

I know that science is very interested in answers, and I'm just happy with a good question.