I’ve had a few too many posts recently which have been focused more on the negative aspects of belief and intolerance of others. So with that in mind, today’s Quote Of The Moment is another group of quotes I have managed to randomly come across related to the virtues of questioning and Thinking Critically about the answers you find.

While I think all of the quotes are great, I have highlighted a few of my personal favorites…

“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” – Henri Bergson, French Philosopher and Educator

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” – Chinese Proverb

“Children are not vessels to be filled but lamps to be lit.” – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian Spiritual Leader

“Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.” – Norman Cousins

“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Albert “Skippy” Einstein

“No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it. We need to see the world anew.” – Albert “Skippy” Einstein

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert “Skippy” Einstein

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.” – Nikki Giovanni, American poet

“Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” – Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States

“Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy

“Reason obeys itself: ignorance submits to what is dictated to it.” – Thomas Paine

“It is today we must create the world of the future.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used.” – Carl Sagan

“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too” – Voltaire

“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

“Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.” – Author Unknown