Quotes About Exploration

A good book has no ending.

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary, or any other reward, he would be eager to spend his energy in some meaningful way because he could not stand the boredom which inactivity produces.

Boredom is simply the lack of imagination.

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting.

Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing ... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.

Boredom, like necessity, is very often the mother of invention.

You've never seen this country It's not the way you thought it was Look again.

The whole history of the Canadian north can be divided into two periods - before and after the aeroplane.

Little boats should keep near shore.

I've learned only that you never say never.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influence, to change.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace.

If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.

The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.