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'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal shrug?

As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

They can because they think they can.

The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?'

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.

Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer.

I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me.