Quotes About Discovery

It happens to us once or twice in a lifetime to be drunk with some book which probably has some extraordinary relative power to intoxicate us and none other; and having exhausted that cup of enchantment we go groping in libraries all our years afterwards in the hope of being in Paradise again.

He will perceive that there are far more excellent qualities in the student than preciseness and infallibility; that a guess is often more fruitful than an indisputable affirmation, and that a dream may let us deeper into the secret of nature than a hundred concerted experiments

Ralph Waldo Emerson "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ? Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every thing looks permanent until its secret is known.

Life is an experiment. The more experiments the better

We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.

Todo barco es un objeto romántico hasta que nos embarcamos en él

Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.

Iako putujemo svetom da na?emo lepotu, moramo je nositi sa sobom ili je ne?emo na?i.

No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

The last chamber, the last closet, he must feel, was never opened; there is always a residuum unknown, unanalyzable. That is, every man believes that he has a greater possibility.

Life is a journey, not a destination

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and make a trail.

So far, I've spoken of four major benefits of studying natural science: it sends us outdoors, which aids our health; its discoveries drive invention and manufacturing; it's a way of learning truths about the world; and it points the way to wisdom.

This sense of harmony between the outside and inside worlds doesn't fade as scientific knowledge increases. Instead, with each new law that science reveals, the analogies between nature and ourselves grow deeper. Every discovery about the universe brings us a greater understanding of ourselves.

Love is like wildflowers; it's often found in the most unlikely places.

We are magnets...We have keys to all doors. We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made that we exist.

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

Nu merge pe drumul b?t?torit. În schimb, mergi pe acolo pe unde nu s-a mai c?lcat È™i las? o urm?.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination – Quote Investigator shows it is NOT Ralph Waldo Emerson

A wise writer will feel that the ends of study and composition are best answered by announcing undiscovered regions of thought, and so communicating, through hope, new activity to the torpid spirit.

We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time it will make itself known to us. —Thomas Merton