Voltaire spots something most of us miss: the genuine truth-seeker remains humble, forever questioning, while the person convinced they've *found* the final answer becomes dangerous—locked into certainty. The distinction isn't between seekers and non-seekers, but between those who hold their convictions lightly and those who grip them like weapons. You see this play out constantly in workplaces, where the colleague who admits "I don't know, let me investigate" remains collaborative, while the one who declares "I've figured this out" stops listening and starts converting others. The quote asks us to honor intellectual humility, not intellectual confidence.