Quotes About Discovery

Feet, she thought. Sea legs. When you pass the last spit of land and commit to the ocean, you are taking a step into the infinite and might set your foot down anywhere.

It's not about the destination. It's getting there that's the good part. - Leonard

Philosophy is that activity by which the meaning of propositions is established or discovered; it is a question of what the propositions actually mean. The content, soul, and spirit of science naturally consist in what is ultimately meant by its sentences; the philosophical activity of rendering significant is thus the alpha and omega of all scientific knowledge. [Moritz Schlick interpreting Ludwig Wittgenstein's position]

Albertus Magnus, a thirteenth-century Dominican philosopher who performed experiments on plants, asserted: "Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

By the end of the fifteenth century, people were seeking something still newer. What they sought, and what they found, was Modern Times.

The supreme contribution of the Greeks was to call attention to, employ, and emphasize the power of human reason. This recognition of the power of reasoning is the greatest single discovery made by man.

Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.

I'm looking over a four-leaf cloverThat I overlooked before.

Discovery requires serendipity. But serendipity is not a chance event alone. It is a process in which a chance event is seized upon by a creative person who chooses to pay attention to the event, unravel its mystery, and find a proper application for it.

As Winston Churchill whimsically observed, "Men occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

Life was a journey of discovery, and character was a variable that kept veering left and right in search of the perfect way for a particular day.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

Suffering in search of truth gives true meaning to the truth.

Love becomes meaningless when you find its meaning.

Each time I thought I had achieved my life's purpose, I discovered it was only another step in my journey.

The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself that no man could destroy or take away. When I first walked into the mosque, I didn't find Islam; it found me.

Büyümek, gurbete ç?kmakt?r.

There were no words that could convey what she had so recently discovered. That each instant was an eternity, each breath a whole life; the weight of her hand on the edge of fountain, the coolness of the wind on her skin, the rustling of leaves, everything was a gift offered freely for all to savor.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.

Fear is the prelude to truth. Fear is the fear of the truth.

Science and art is a toy store. Created in order to occupy a person with something.