Quotes About Discovery

I have a way of finding what is true for me, and it's not finished yet.

You are life, inventing form. No more can you die on sword or years than you can die on doorways through which you walk, one room into another. Every room gives its word for you to speak, every passage its song for you to sing.

Tienes idea de cuántas vidas debimos cruzar antes de que lográramos la primera idea de que hay más en la vida que comer, luchar o alcanzar poder en la Bandada? ¡Mil vidas, Juan, diez mil! Y luego cien vidas más hasta que empezáramos a aprender que hay algo llamado perfección, y otras cien para comprender que la meta de la vida es encontrar esa perfección y reflejarla.

Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand!… We choose our next world through what we learn in this one…

Learning is finding out what you already know

This kind of thinking, he found, is not the way to make one's self popular with other birds. Even his parents were dismayed as Jonathan spent whole days alone, making hundreds of low-level glides, experimenting.

Who is more responsible than a gull who finds and follows a meaning, a higher purpose for life? For a thousand years we have scrabbled after fish heads, but now we have a reason to live — to learn, to discover, to be free!

It's OK if the world is destroyed," he said. "There are a thousand million other worlds for us to create and choose from. As long as people want planets, there will be planets to live on.

Finally I came to think that may be everything we need to know,ever,about anything,is already within us,waiting till we call for it.

OK.… A blue feather." He looked at me blankly. "Richard? A blue feather?

Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock?

For Leslie who taught me to fly

Until he found that bird, life would remain gray and bleak, illogical, without purpose; every seagull would remain a coincidental collection of blood and feathers pointed toward oblivion.

Neden yaln?z bir yabanc? gibi tuhaf ve farkl? olduÄŸunuzu düÅŸünüyorsunuz? Sizin ba??n?za gelen sadece henüz ailenizi bulamam?? olman?zd?r.

Ed era l'ora, sì di andare a casa. Abbracciò con un ultimo sguardo il suo cielo, i magnifici campi del cielo, dove aveva imparato molte cose. «Sono pronto» disse alfine. E il gabbiano Jonathan Livingston fece prua verso l'alto, scortato da quei due splendidi uccelli, e scomparvero insieme nella notte.

Dininiz, do?ru olan? bulma yolunuzdur.

You find what you love and you learn everything about it. You bet your life on what you know and you run from safety, off your mountain into the air, trusting the Principle of Flight to bring you soaring up on lift you cannot see with your eyes.

Lo que amas hallará el modo de alzarte de la tierra, muy alto, hasta sus respuestas alegres y amedrentadoras para todas las preguntas que puedas formular.

Etraf?n?zda olup biteni seçmenizin bir sebebi var. Dayan?n, bildiÄŸiniz en iyi ÅŸekilde yolunuza devam edin; çok geçmeden sebebini anlayacaks?n?z.

Cevap alamaman?z?n en büyük nedeni sorular? sormam?? olman?zd?r.

Let's begin with Level Flight. . . .

Cuando sepan, pensó, lo del Descubrimiento, se pondrán locos de alegría [...] Podremos alzarnos sobre nuestra ignorancia, podremos descubrirnos como criaturas de perfección, inteligencia y habilidad. ¡Podremos ser libres! ¡Podremos aprender a volar!

Tienes idea de cuántas vidas debimos cruzar antes de que lográramos la primera idea de que hay más en la vida que comer, luchar o alcanzar poder en la Bandada? ¡Mil vidas, Juan, diez mil! Y luego cien vidas más hasta que empezamos a aprender que hay algo llamado perfección, y otras cien para comprender que la meta de la vida es encontrar esa perfección y reflejarla.

Flock, but it was Jonathan's voice raised. "Irresponsibility? My brothers!" he cried. "Who is more responsible than a gull who finds and follows a meaning, a higher purpose for life? For a thousand years we have scrabbled after fish heads, but now we have a reason to live—to learn, to discover, to be free! Give me one chance, let me show you what I've found . . .