“To know is always better, no matter what the answer might be.”

“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist

“The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.”

Karen White (1964) American writer

“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

“Epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?”

Gregory Bateson (1904–1980) English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist

“I'll always say my prayers… and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

“You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”

James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright

“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”

Publilio Siro Latin writer

“When you jump off a cliff, is it better to land on jagged rocks or burning lava? I know this one. The answer is obvious: It doesn't matter where you land. You just jumped off a cliff.”

Richard Kadrey (1957) San Francisco-based novelist, freelance writer, and photographer