Quotes About Discovery

So now, even if I wanted to, I could not become a moderate person. Still, I love life and do not want my high-spirited personality to kill me, as it almost did in my youth. This is one reason that motivated me to discover

Find that spot.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

In the morning we discovered three sail of vessels ahead. We went near enough to discover them to be frigates, and then put away. We soon lost sight of two of them: but the third chased us the whole day. Sometimes we gained upon her, and sometimes she upon us.

To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor

Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply To the day to day obstacles of life - Facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, Testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, Discovering our own unique potentional.

Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life – facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential.

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

Yes, there is happiness to be found in the mere contemplation of the deepest mysteries.

Anyone who expects to create, be it as a scientist or artist, scholar or writer, needs self-confidence, even bravado. How else can one dare to imagine understanding what no one else has understood, discovering what no one else has discovered? Where does this confidence come from? Fortunately, every young person is blessed with some of it. It is part of human character.

Heh? Eh? Our youth is dead. From the minute we discover it with eyes closed Advancing into mountain light. Ouch.

We were surprised once, long ago; and now we can never be surprised again.

John Babsone Lane Soule

History is concerned primarily with human phenomena, not with natural; and history is doubly human because, as an idea, it is man's creation, challenging him to transcend the limits of information about himself and to discover what he is by finding meaning in what he has done. In short, it is man's commentary on man.

Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Happiness sneaks through a door you didn't know that you left open.

Path's should be laid where people walk, instead of walking where paths are laid.

Self knowledge is always bad news.

path's should be laid where people walk, instead of walking where paths are laid-

you don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings … serendipitously." ---The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor

the essence of Paris is lost if seen through the double glazing of a hotel room or from the top of a tour bus. You must be on foot, with chilled hands thrust into your pockets, scarf wrapped round your throat, and thoughts of a hot café crème in your imagination. It made the difference between simply being present and being there.

I am no longer surprised by anything and I feel no distress at seeing my complete helplessness. On the contrary, I glory in it and every day I expect to discover fresh flaws in myself. In fact, this revelation of my nothingness does me much more good than being enlightened on matters of faith.

The professor believed in thought. He was always telling his students that you could get to the unknown by using the known. If you just put the facts that you knew together in the proper way, you might get some truly amazing results.