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Quotations about inquiry

Thomas PaineIt is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

 - Thomas Paine

Tags:   error  inquiry  truth  

Bernard BaruchMillions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why?

 - Bernard Baruch

Tags:   gravity  inquiry  science  

Albert EinsteinThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.

 - Albert Einstein

Tags:   curiosity  inquiry  mysteries  questions  

Leonardo da VinciI roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the imprints of coral and plant and seaweed usually found in the sea. Why the thunder lasts a longer time than that which causes it and why immediately on its creation the lightning becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel. How the various circles of water form around the spot which has been struck by a stone and why a bird sustains itself in the air. These questions and other strange phenomena engaged my thought throughout my life.

 - Leonardo da Vinci

Tags:   curiosity  inquiry  nature  questions