Quotes About Discovery

Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.

The greatest discovery in life is to discover that our essential nature does not share the limits nor the destiny of the body and mind.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

I haven't a clue how my story will end, but that's all right. When you set out on a journey and night covers the road, that's when you discover the stars.

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

Heresy makes for progress.

Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways.

If it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. If it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. If you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek.

Always make new mistakes.

The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a shrub oak.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.