I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up.
The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.
Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.
The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
There are no explanations, there are no answers.
We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.