Quotes About Discovery

Geen mens weet waartoe hij in staat is, voor hij alles geprobeerd heeft.

Een verschrikkelijke haat tegen leerboeken komt vlaagsgewijze over mij. staan niet in leerboeken de dingen beschreven alsof iedereen altijd geweten heeft dat ze zo waren? Niets blijft er in een leerboek over van de moeite, de twijfel en de wanhoop die bestaan hebben voor een bepaalde conclusie was bereikt.

Om integer te zijn en alleen te kunnen wezen, moet je iets ontdekken dat het de moeite waard maakt ervoor te lijden.

It is the great glory of the quest for human knowledge that, while making some small contribution to that quest, we can also continue to learn and to take pleasure in learning.

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.

If everything I perceive is based on what I already know, how will I ever perceive anything new? If I never perceive anything new, how will I change? How will I grow?

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Thoreau went to Walden Pond to conduct his famous two-year experiment in simple living in large part so that he could refine his philosophy of life and thereby avoid misliving: A primary motive in going to Walden, he tells us, was his fear that he would, "when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Pre-Socratic philosophy begins … with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

Each painting has its own way of evolving...When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself.

The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it.

What is now proved was once imagined.

How sweet I roam'd from field to field,And tasted all the summer's pride,Till I the prince of love beheld,Who in the sunny beams did glide!

What is now proved was once only imagined.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.

seen as soon as the reefs, from a ship's mast

An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.

Adventure must start with running away from home.

Encourage learning in the areas of discovery and innovation. This is the time for even more creative thinking and greater focus on innovation.

Encourage experimentation. People always have ideas that they have been wishing they had the chance to try, and they naturally generate solutions to problems they've been living with. What they seldom do, without encouragement and support, is try their ideas. Too often experimentation seems to people a risky undertaking that requires someone else's blessing. Give it yours.

William Buhlman