Adam Clarke Quotes

Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions. As soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss the vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusions, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.

Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.

The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions.

Unless you have the courage to doubt you will never come to know the truth.

If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.

Doubt . . . impels a search for the truth. It opens the door to knowledge. Faith puts a lock on the door. Indeed, . . . faith anesthetizes the desire to seek knowledge and truth.

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

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

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

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.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.

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

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

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

Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you. Mysteries never open up for those who go on questioning. Questioners sooner or later end up in a library. Questioners sooner or later end up with scriptures, because scriptures are full of answers. And answers are dangerous, they kill your wonder.

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

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

I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.