# There are years that ask questions and years that ... | Zora Neale Hurston Quote

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> There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

## What This Quote Means

Wisdom comes not from having all the answers but from asking the right questions.

## About Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author and anthropologist who portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a Harlem Renaissance author and anthropologist who celebrated Black culture and language in her fiction.

## How to Apply This Wisdom

### Reflect daily

Spend time each evening reflecting on what you learned today.

### Seek perspectives

Actively seek viewpoints different from your own.

### Apply knowledge

Put what you learn into practice rather than just accumulating information.

## Reflection Questions

- What is the most important lesson I have learned this year?

- What do I think I know that might actually be wrong?

- Whose wisdom do I most admire, and what can I learn from them?

## More Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

> If you are silent about your pain, they''ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

> Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

> Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?

> Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

> Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ''jump at de sun.'' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.