Karl Jaspers Quotes

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

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

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

Some people say, "How can you live without knowing?" I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.

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

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

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

I like the big questions.

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

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

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know.

Happy is the one who knows the causes of things.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom.

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

Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.

Not all questions are answered, but fortunately some answers are questioned.

I keep six honest serving men.

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.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

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

True science teaches, above all, to doubt