the question is stronger than the answer

“You are…a follower of a God who demands independence, the exercise of free will, and the exercise of intellect.

“You are supposed to question—to question everything, even the existence of the gods and the purpose of being alive. If you would follow blindly from ritual to ritual, you would be no better than the cattle and sheep that dot the fields…

“[Your God] does not want that. He is a [God] for artists and poets, free-thinkers all, else their work would be no more than replicas of what others have deemed ideal. The question…is stronger than the answer. It is what accomplishes growth—growth toward [God].”

—From Night Masks by RA Salvatore