Quotes About Discovery

Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra... these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known...

Now I shall spy on beauty as none has Spied on it yet. Now I shall cry out as None has cried out. Now I shall try what none Has tried. Now I shall do what none has done.

I cannot separate the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a butterfly and the scientific pleasure of knowing what it is.

We are still groping perhaps, but we grope intelligently, like a gynecologist feeling a tumor.

Dimly, I recall running up to his chair to show him a pretty pebble, which he slowly examined and then slowly put into his mouth.

He traveled, he studied, he taught ... He learned to appreciate the singular little thrill of following dark byways in strange towns, knowing well that he would discover nothing, save filth and ennui and discarded merry cans with labels and the jungle jingles of exported jazz. He often felt that the famed cities, the museums, the ancient torture house and the suspended garden were but places on the map of his own madness.

Oh, 'impressed' is not the right word! Treading the soil of the moon gives one, I imagine (or rather my projected self imagines), the most remarkable romantic thrill ever experienced in the history of discovery.

How little I knew of his life! But now I was learning something every instant. The door standing slightly ajar was the best link imaginable.

the name that the astute reader has guessed long ago

Now I shall spy on beauty as none has Spied on it yet.

Cincinnatus, after passing many other doors, stumbled, hopped, and found himself in a small courtyard, filled with various parts of the dismantled moon.

I have always had a number of parts lined up in case the muse failed. A lepidopterist exploring famous jungles came first, then there was the chess grand master, then the tennis ace with an unreturnable service, then the goalie saving a historic shot, and finally, finally, the author of a pile of unknown writings- Pale Fire, Lolita, Ada- which my heirs discover and publish.

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

What I am thinking of is the man of imagination and science, whose courage is infinite because his curiosity surpasses his courage. Nothing will keep him back.

We have come to a generation which seeks advance without ideals - discovery without stars.

valid instruction derived from experience can help me if it guides me to my own experiential discovery of any given stroke possibility.

Once you learn how to learn, you have only to discover what is worth learning. Summarized

using awareness to "discover the technique

heavy saddlebags and walked to the nearest

Adventure is a great thing," said Simple, "which should be in everybody's life. According to 'The Late Late Show' on TV, in the old days when Americans headed West in covered wagons, they was almost sure to run into adventure--at the very least a battle with the Red Skins. Nowadays, if you want to run into adventure, go to Alabama or Mississippi, where you can battle with the White Skins.

Strange, That in this nigger place, I should meet Life face to face When for years, I had been seeking Life in places gentler speaking Until I came to this near street And found Life — stepping on my feet!

A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.