Answers Quotes - Page 9

The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.

Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz is, 'If you got to ask, you ain't never gonna get to know.'

Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

Perhaps this is what it was all about. Leaning on God when life made no sense, as well as when the answers seem clear.

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away.

Religion is born out of questions, not answers.

And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.

Enjoying life isn't about finding the answers, but living the questions.

Questions [about our healthcare system] are not hard because the answers are complicated, they are hard because they require that we be honest with ourselves.

Life is not about good answers, it is about interesting questions.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask.

Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isn’t the only answer, but it is the final answer.

There are no problems that can’t be solved. The world is too full of options. If you can’t solve the #problem, it’s because you haven’t found the right option ... But the answer is always there.

The answer to the American health crisis is the food that each of us chooses to put in our mouths each day. It's as simple as that.

I still think science is looking for answers and art is looking for questions.

When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.

Every war carries within it the war which will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything, everything is smashed.

As I celebrated what was right with the world, I began to build a vision of possibility, not scarcity. Possibility... always another right answer.

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.