Quotes About Curiosity

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.

The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems.

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.

The young child approaching a new subject or anew problem is like the scientist operating at the edge of his chosen field.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Teaching is the canny art of intellectual temptation

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.

Learn continually - there's always "one more thing" to learn!

If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and practice them alone in a closet.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind.

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.

I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.