Quotes About Discovery

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

The most striking results are for the job category of inventors. If you are looking for inventors, IQ is by far the most significant of all the measurable variables we have. Furthermore, at higher levels of measured IQ the probability of becoming an inventor rises all the more.

When God asks, "What is that you have in your hand?" it's up to us to find the answer. Everyone's answer is different. But there is something we all share. Everything is already inside you. All you have to do is mine it. Dig down deep and discover your thing.

With this thought resonating, I realized that we all have gifts within, but they're too often hidden. We have gifts we have never used, even though they are within reach. If we only knew where to look, we would find them. These gifts are special. They might even change our lives and help make the world a better place. We all have gifts given to us by God.

When you step Out of Your Comfort Zone, it is important to stop stepping before you get into the Uncomfy Zone. Out of Your Comfort Zone feels new and exciting, and you're discovering aspects of yourself you never knew existed. The No-Go Zone is where you do things that make you feel worse (not better) about yourself, and where you make choices you might regret. Avoid the No-Go Zone at all costs.

What's more, many inventions and innovations came to us courtesy of dreams, including the periodic table and the sewing machine.

Further, Columbus believes not only in Christian dogma, but also (and he is not alone at the time) in Cyclopes and mermaids, in Amazons and men with tails, and his belief, as strong as Saint Peter's, therefore permits him to find them.

Only if you reject all the other paths can you discover your own path.

I discovered for myself and by myself that there is no self to realize -- that's the realization I am talking about. It comes as a shattering blow. It hits you like a thunderbolt. You have invested everything in one basket, self-realization, and, in the end, suddenly you discover that there is no self to discover, no self to realize -- and you say to yourself "What the hell have I been doing all my life?!" That blasts you.

The reactions are primary because they are centered on the infant's body. They are circular because they form cycles of movements that repeat an interesting sensation discovered by chance.

Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: you have to learn the rhythm of respiration, acquire the pace; otherwise you stop right away.

Whether you are seeking adventure, or adventure is seeking you. You will find adventure, or adventure will find you.

It is a very beautiful day. The woman looks around and thinks: 'there cannot ever have been a spring more beautiful than this. I did not know until now that clouds could be like this. I did not know that the sky is the sea and that clouds are the souls of happy ships, sunk long ago. I did not know that the wind could be tender, like hands as they caress - what did I know - until now?

What terrible shame overcomes me when I discover the male or female in myself!

The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas.

Go around asking a lot of damn fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.

The search for perfection begins with detecting imperfection

Friends are like melons, Shall I tell you why To find one good, you must a hundred try.

Life is like an onion. You peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.

Not all those who wonder are lost.

Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I have no desire to foresee you, only to discover you. You can't disappoint me.

On Truth and Happiness........ The search is over as we begin.

Real solutions are discovered only where they actually exist Within the individual's own essence.

Sometimes on the way to our dreams, We get lost and find an even better one