Quotes About Exploration

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.

It has been said that intelligence is not about knowing everything, but about knowing where to find everything.)

Collect adventures and experiences to reminisce about…go to far places, meet new people, eat exotic foods, enjoy all varieties of women, look on unfamiliar landscapes, see new things.

The wise man shall pass into strange countries, and good and evil shall he try in all things.

People are not plants. They are not fixed to any roots or dependent on them. People are mobile and free to move far from their beginnings—far away, if that satisfies them—far upward, if they have the ambition and ability.

Citlaltépetl is as old as the world, but to this day, no man, native or Spaniard, has yet climbed all the way to the top of it. If anyone ever did, the passing stars would probably scrape him off his perch.

You could see a long way, but not half as far as Roger had gone.

Believing in big frees you to ask different questions, follow different paths, and try new things. This opens the doors to possibilities that until now only lived inside you.

Answers come in three categories: doable, stretch, and possibility.

the power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Ask bigger questions. A good rule of thumb is to double down everywhere in your life. If your goal is ten, ask the question: "How can I reach 20?

Apenas aqueles que se arriscam a ir longe demais tem a chance de descobrir quão longe podem ir." T. S. Eliot

How much progress was impeded because man wasn't supposed to breathe underwater, fly through the air, or venture into outer space? Historically, we've done a remarkably poor job of estimating our limits. The

None of us knows our limits. Borders and boundaries may be clear on a map, but when we apply them to our lives, the lines aren't so apparent.

We can increase insights by exposing ourselves to lots of different ideas that might help us form new connections.

When we put too much energy into eliminating mistakes, we're less likely to gain insights. Having insights is a different matter from preventing mistakes.

Curiosities provoke people to investigate further, just as coincidences do. The initial "What's going on here?" reaction doesn't contain the insight, but it starts the person on the road to gaining the insight.

Walking toward the music" isn't a bad philosophy of life. Doors might seem closed, the evening might seem prematurely over, but if you can catch a glimpse of nightlife or hear the sound of music in the distance, why not walk toward it and see what you find?

It's far better to move somewhere on a trial basis as a single person to try out the option than to get married first and then see if you like it.

I had envisioned that this would be a short book, about half of what it has become. Once I opened up the Scriptures, however, it was like the glaciers melted and the dams overflowed, and I had to ride the rivers way downstream. I hope you enjoy and learn from the ride.

I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.

So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

Quantum computers that would boggle your mind, space elevators that raise heavy cargo through the air and into orbit, tourist trips to the moon, teleportation—all of these things will happen in the not-too-distant future.