Quotes About Exploration

Notwithstanding, in how many most petty and contemptible things is our curiosity daily tempted, and how often we give way, who can recount?

Men go abroad to wonder the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

To reach something good, it is useful to have gone astray.

Look, Papa! Rocks! Right there ahead! We should beware of them as you said.

tag along as usual, her playmates were nowhere to be seen.

On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss

If one is seeking for Heaven on earth, has slept in geography class.

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.

We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos.

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.

The key experiential approach I now use to induce non-ordinary states of consciousness and gain access to the unconscious and superconscious psyche is Holotropic Breathwork, which I have developed jointly with Christina over the last fifteen years. This seemingly simple process, combining breathing, evocative music and other forms of sound, body work, and artistic expression, has an extraordinary potential for opening the way for exploring the entire spectrum of the inner world.

At that time, Charlie Parker was trying to work up on something," recalled his friend Clarence Davis, "but he didn't know what he was doing. He was fishing, but nothing was biting.

Have fun, and learn something.

And I'm listening and thinking of the distances imagination travels sitting still, wandering without direction.

Stanton T. Friedman

Boldly live as you've never lived before

more the territory of our knowledge expands, the longer the boundary between that territory and what we don't know

It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff — as much stuff as possible — with as little fear as possible. It's much, much better to wind up with a lot of crap having tried it than to overthink in the beginning and not do it.

Plus un esprit se limite, plus il touche par ailleurs à l'infini.

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The longest voyage of discovery, the boldest adventure in the records of our race, had begun.

We also want to leave our own area behind, our domestic world so well regulated day to day; we are drawn by the desire no longer to be at home and therefore no longer to be ourselves. We want to interrupt a life where we merely exist, in order to live more.