"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."

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"But as I said to Dr. Rice following her testimony, and I think she appreciated it, we had our job to do and we did it best we could, trying to get answers to the important questions that the 9/11 Commission must answer."

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"I want to 'think' that I have all the answers. But if I 'think', I soon realize that what I thought to be answers were guesses. And if I 'think' yet again, I begin to realize that since God has all the answers He never hands me a guess."

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"I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered."

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"The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

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"Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

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"The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while."

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"An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions."

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"It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing."

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"We'd like to have immediate answers to all of our questions. I think medicine in particular. I found it frustrating as a physician sometimes to not be able to tell someone exactly why something was happening to them. There are still so many mysteries in medicine."

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