Quotes: Sam Keen

"What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask." 

–– Sam Keen (1931-2025), American author, academic and philosopher

via Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 117. 

Quotes: W.H. Auden

"To ask the hard question is simple."

–– W.H. Auden (1907-1973), British-born American poet 

Quotes: Jostein Gaarder

"The most subversive people are those who ask questions." 

–– Jostein Gaarder (b. 1952), Norwegian author 

via: Commonplace Book 2013-2014, 2014, p. 188.

Quotes: James Hollis

"Ask yourself of every dilemma, every choice, every relationship, every commitment, or every failure to commit, "Does this choice diminish me or enlarge me?" 

–– James Hollis (b. 1940), American Jungian psychotherapist, author and public speaker 

Source: James Hollis. What Matters Most.