Peter Abelard Quotes

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

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.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

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.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things.

By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth.

In doubting we come to inquiry; by inquiry we perceive the truth.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Always ask questions.

Science is about questioning things.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty.

My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

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