Quotes About Discovery

there were books and authors to be discovered. A lifetime of reading lay ahead. Old books, new books, classics, thrillers, stories short and tall, travelogues, histories, biographies, comedies, comic strips, poems, memories, fantasies, fables…The adventure would end only when the lights went out for ever.

It would be a dull world if it was the same everywhere,' said my father.

The best kind of walk, and this applies to the plains as well as to the hills, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out. 'Where

Every problem has a solution hidden away somewhere, and if only you look hard enough you will find

Romance lurks in the most unlikely places.

That is another of the attractions of Tramping to nowhere in particular - the finding of somewhere in particular, the striking up of friendships, the discovery of new Springs and waterfalls,unusual pants, rare flowers,strange birds. In the hills a new Vista opens up at every bend in the road. That is what makes me a compulsive walker - new vistas,and the charm of unexpected.

when I was a boy, reading was my true religion. It helped me discover my soul.

Mozambique and Timbuctoo. We took long walks together, explored old ruins, chased butterflies and waved to passing

Take any path and hope for the best. At least it will lead you out of the shadows.

Rare books can be seen in Roorkee, in the University's old library. Here, not many years ago, a First Folio Shakespeare turned up and was celebrated in the Indian Press as a priceless discovery. Perhaps it's still there. Also

Adventure is when a child crawls across the floor, grabs the leg of a chair, and stands up for the first time.  

You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success, but if you're lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.

Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.

Russell Hoban

It was possible, as far as they knew, that the western shore, which in fifty years' time would be christened New Jersey, was in fact the backdoor of China, that India, with its steamy profusion of gods and curries, lay just beyond those bluffs.

This book tells the story of that moment in time. It is a story of high adventure set during the age of exploration—when Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, and Captain John Smith were expanding the boundaries of the world, and Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Galileo, Descartes, Mercator, Vermeer, Harvey, and Bacon were revolutionizing human thought and expression.

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.

Now I have seen what peace is like, I understand why you come to Britannia.

In the realm of spiritual transformation, the questions we are willing to ask ourselves are more important than the answers we think we know. At

For shame doesn't arise from the shameful action, but from discovery and exposure.

Confronta-nos, realmente, a inflexível necessidade de descobrir um princípio de diferenciação, e contudo de relação, bastante lúcido para justificar e purificar o conhecimento científico, filosófico e qualquer outro, ao mesmo tempo que aceitando sua mútua interdependência.

in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.

I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been in Japan for almost a month, but I had never experiences anything like this. The noodles quivered as if they were alive, and leapt into my mouth where they vibrated as if playing inaudible music.