open-minded inquiry Quotes

Science is a way of life which can only flourish when men are free to have faith.

Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.

Truth is not afraid of questions.

Science has nothing to do with any dogma. Science ceases to exist when there is a dogma.

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)

We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were required to drop their questions, that would create armies of zombies- rows of jellyfish...The questioning mind is absolutely necessary.

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.

There are two kinds of doubt: one that fully lives into the questions, and one that uses the questions as weapons against fully living.

The challenge is right now, I call it the death of critical thinking in America. It's a very worrisome development. More and more people seem to be resisting the idea of standing back and asking questions about something, challenging their beliefs.