Quotes About Exploration

Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with wonder and curiosity, compounded with an unconscious recognition of his lineage. He could not physically re-enter the ocean as the seals and whales had done. But over the centuries, with all the skill and ingenuity and reasoning powers of his mind, he has sought to explore and investigate even its most remote parts, so that he might re-enter it mentally and imaginatively.

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.

Many children... delight in the small and inconspicuous.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder . . . he [or she] needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

Writing is a lonely occupation at best. Of course there are stimulating and even happy associations with friends and colleagues, but during the actual work of creation the writer cuts himself off from all others and confronts his subject alone. He* moves into a realm where he has never been before — perhaps where no one has ever been. It is a lonely place, even a little frightening.

It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate." — Rachel Carson, A sense of wonder

And escape?" "Escape, sure. But it wasn't so much about getting away, as going to. You can go anywhere in a book. Books

This is the funny thing about New York - there are so many things to do at all times of the day, but there are still moments when you have no idea which of them to do, and feel extra silly because you know there has to be something out there for you to do; your mind just hasn't found it yet.

You never know where the night will take you.

I think it's time to experience life outside the notebook.

Langston took the latest red Moleskine notebook that Grandpa bought me and, together with Benny, mapped out a series of clues to find a companion just right for me.

But I couldn't concentrate on writing in the notebook. I wanted to live inside it, not write in it.

Why does he have a leash?" I asked. "A leash?" Julia looked confused. "A lead," Mark said. "That's what they call a leash here.

I know how to handle animals taking unauthorized expeditions.

I could always find peace in books." "And escape?" "Escape, sure. But it wasn't so much about getting away, as going to. You can go anywhere in a book. Books are adventure. Knowledge. Possibility. Magic.

I think it's time to experience life outside the notebook.

Caterina, a great adventure is in store for you.

No star remained now to navigate by.

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration.

Follow your inclination. It will take you to thoughts you'd never know you'd had

Follow your inclination. It will take you to thoughts you'd never known you'd had.