A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
- Francis Bacon
There are no right answers to wrong questions.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
To raise new questions, new possibilities,
to regard old problems from a new angle,
requires creative imagination.
- Albert Einstein
The True Insight is in the Choice of Questions.
When you keep getting the wrong answers,
try asking better questions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
[For example, instead of asking "how can I win this battle," consider asking "how can I avoid this battle."]
A good question is never answered.
It is not a bolt to be tightened into place
but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed
toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
- John Ciardi
When we have arrived at the question,
the answer is already near.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Well, you ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer.
- Tom Lehrer
We thought that we had the answers,
it was the questions we had wrong.
- Bono
Today's affirmation: I question my questions.
Further reading: Profound Questions
Many Answers
A Better Plan
What You See
Learn to Listen
Seek the Truth
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