Quotes About Discovery

We try to escape as far away only to discover we've been returning all along

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them.

It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.

It is a joy to be hidden, but a disaster not to be found

This story leads us to epiphanies—when we suddenly understand essential truths about life—which were the eighth wonder of life.

She would like to be able to carry her home on her back like a snail and go off into the unknown.

In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of.

wondered if the animal described as 'semper

and it was heading straight for the sparkling swim cap!

revolving bookcase, next to the vase.

OMG. Mulder was right. The truth really was out there.

Sometimes, you have to ride the wave, Kit-Cat, and see what beach it lands on. Could be warm and sunny there.

I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.

Doubt everything. Find your own light." —Last words of Gautama Buddha, in Theravada tradition

It was like finding a long-lost brother who farts in the same key.

Antes que comece a fazer perguntas e a abrir portas que ficariam melhor se permanecessem fechadas, talvez deva pensar que talvez não goste muito do que acabará descobrindo.

Revelation comes most often when we are on the move.

The Wall at the Edge of the World Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph I.

We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time.

Sturgeon's definition of science fiction—"[a story] which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.

A person who asks questions can get a reputation such as a person who wishes to find things out.

It was a starship, and it was all that word implied. Off-dirt, the void, distant worlds whose names he couldn't spell.

You don't find the things you're looking for if you don't break some rules. You have to walk in a few dark places on your own.