Quotes About Exploration

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us." —ADLAI STEVENSON (1952)

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,But the queerest they ever did seeWas that night on the marge of Lake LebargeI cremated Sam McGee.

We're designed by natural selection to get satisfaction out of finding the answers to questions.

timetable. There was a lecture in Room 14 on the second floor. Jess went up the stairs, located the room and peered

Yo no soy un perverso, soy un curioso de esta fuerza enorme que está en mí.

Nunca entres al restaurante de un chino. Será un misterio para ti lo que te dé de comer.

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.

Reading is never a waste of time.

One should read Borges more.

A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.

Only great challenges make it worthwhile to pack up and move all one's books.

Great physicists, great mathematicians, great chemists, and publishers knew that one was always feeling one's way in the dark.

Who was the first human being to look out a window?

Ulazim u njihove snove. Ulazim u njihove najsramnije misli, u svakom sam drhtaju, u svakom gr?u njihovih duša, uvla?im se u njihova srca, ispipavam njihove najtemeljnije predodžbe, motrim njihove bezumne porive, njihova neizraziva ?uvstva, spavam u njihovim plu?ima ljeti i u njihovim miši?ima zimi, i sve to ?inim bez i najmanjeg napora, ne zahtijevaju?i to, ne mole?i ni traže?i, bez ikakve prisile, nagnan samo predanoš?u i ljubavlju.

Alles is mogelijk. Dat zou elke dichter moeten weten.

It occurred to me all of a sudden, said Amalfitano, it's a Duchamp idea, leaving a geometry book hanging exposed to the elements to see if it learns something about real life.

and for goodness' sake read widely and deeply…

a woman who didn't cling to the edge of the abyss but plunged into it with curiosity and elegance.

a woman who despite her years was still as strong willed as ever, a woman who didn't cling to the edge of the abyss but plunged into it with curiosity and elegance. A woman who plunged into the abyss sitting down.

Cuando uno lee jamás pierde el tiempo.

Estar solos es, básicamente, viajar

En esos días experimenté algo que se parecía si no a la felicidad, sí al entusiasmo, caminando al azar por calles que antes no frecuentaba y que indefectiblemente terminaban en la Via Tiburtina o en el Parco di Traiano.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

Art can certainly be an important pathway to discovery. It encourages us to be spontaneous, playful, and curious and to see what lies beneath the surface of our inner life.