Quotes About Discovery

When I know, I know that in some way I shall find That I have always known it. And that will be better.

Of course one can 'go too far' and except in directions in which we can go too far there is no interest in going at all; and only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out just how far one can go. Not to go far enough is to remain 'in the vague' as surely and less creditably than to exceed

There is no such thing as an accident. That's what science is all about. (...) There are only patterns we don't yet recognize.

I'm tired of being lost and I'm tired of dying, so I'm going to try something different this time.

Go down. It seemed obvious. You have to go down before you can come out - that's how these things always work.

Welcome to the Information Jungle.

For all the things we've seen... my goodness, the world still has more to show us, doesn't it?

John Wulgaru, she thought when she got back. Her hands were shaking. Is that his name, then? Am I the only person who knows that? Or the only person still alive?

tunnel into Ocher Bar, the long cavern below the Counting Room.

And, discovering this truth, she felt it burning inside her. It was so right. She had turned away from a gift, thinking it did not matter, but in fact a gift—and specifically the gift of love—was the only thing that did matter.

Piglets and pawprints! cried Eatbugs, then paused and looked quickly around. He leaned toward his companions. Let's be off! he added, his voice a conspiratorial whisper.

We go into unknown places." "As do all mortals

But it is only possible to talk clearly about less important things. The greatest truths lie within, always within. They cannot be given. They must be found

There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.

Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way.

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

Exploration is a dirty game.

Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.

I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.

As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.

For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.

For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home

What came next was a new experience for for both the fish and me

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.