Quotes About Discovery

Há coisas que só se aprende quando ninguém as ensina. E com a vida é assim. Mesmo há mais beleza em descobri-la sozinha, apesar do sofrimento.

Un hombre tarda en encontrar sus manos

Desde que descobrira - mas descobrira realmente com um tom espantado - que ia morrer um dia, então não teve mais medo da vida, e, por causa da morte, dinha direitos totais: arriscava tudo.

Each child has a spark of genius waiting to be discovered, ignited, and fed. And the goal of schools shouldn't be to manufacture "productive citizens" to fill some corporate cubicle; it should be to inspire each child to find a "calling" that will change the world. The jobs for the future are no longer Manager, Director, or Analyst, but Entrepreneur, Creator, and even Revolutionary.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

The science of life… is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.

Experimentation is an active science.

Those who have an excessive faith in their ideas are not well fitted to make discoveries.

Love is the greatest Joy of Discovery one can feel!

The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.

The true worth of a researcher lies in pursuing what he did not seek in his experiment as well as what he sought.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

Science increases our understanding in proportion as it lowers our pride.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

Nowadays, being an explorer is a trade, which consists not, as one might think, in discovering hitherto unknown facts after years of study, but in covering a great many miles and assembling lantern-slides or motion pictures, preferably in colour, so as to fill a hall with an audience for several days in succession.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.

Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all - my head is bursting…