Quotes About Discovery

In 1880 Pasteur—who observed, "Chance favors the prepared mind"—

But as Camus knew, evil and crises do not make all men rise above themselves. Crises only make them discover themselves. And some discover a less inspiring humanity.

Yet the story of the 1918 influenza virus is not simply one of havoc, death, and desolation, of a society fighting a war against nature superimposed on a war against another human society. It is also a story of science, of discovery, of how one thinks, and of how one changes the way one thinks, of how amidst near-utter chaos a few men sought the coolness of contemplation, the utter calm that precedes not philosophizing but grim, determined action.

how individuals explore nature—how one does science. And the way one goes about answering a question, one's methodology, matters as much as the question itself. For the method of inquiry underlies knowledge and often determines what one discovers: how one pursues a question often dictates, or at least limits, the answer.

Learning how to learn on his own proved one of the most important lessons of his life.

Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.

For nonfiction projects, ideas are everywhere. They just go by in a ceaseless stream.

Ideas are where you find them

I wrote a fair amount of poetry in college. It was really, really bad. I mean, bad. And that's how I found out—by doing it.

We do not know what education can do for us, because we have never tried it.

When a learner, in the fullness of his powers, comes to great truths unstaled by premature familiarity, he rejoices in the lateness of his lessons.

Art is a process, not a product.

Mathematics should be fun.

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

Awe is the beginning of wisdom. Awe is the beginning of education.

It fulfils the purpose of Universities if they can find out ways of achieving those feats which haven't been achieved till now.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.

Education, I am convinced, must be nothing more than this: The journey toward the limits of Reason, if any there be.

Play is the highest form of research.

The more you learn, the more you know there is still alot more to learn't

Curiosity is the primary fuel that drives lifelong education.

True education reveals self-potential, more than just sows ideas.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.