Quotes About Curiosity

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.

You must not know too much, or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft; a certain free margin, and even vagueness—perhaps ignorance, credulity—helps your enjoyment of these things, and of the sentiment of feather'd, wooded, river, or marine Nature generally.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

And I call to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God, No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God, and about death. I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least...

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!

Culture is not a plant sprouting from its seed in isolation; it is a continuous process of learning guided by curiosity along with practical needs and interests. It grows especially from a willingness to learn from what is 'other', what is strange and foreign.

"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveler,Knocking on the moonlit door;And his horse in the silence champed the grassesOf the forest's ferny floor.

What a haunting, inescapable riddle life was.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.

The Shars seethed in the dim light of their ruddy sun. Pointed faces raised to the sky, they sniffed the faint wind for sign of the stranger and scented only hydrocarbons, far-off vegetations, damp fur, the sweat of excitement and fear.

If I had to pick between knowing just a little about a lot of folks and knowing everything about a few, I'd opt for the long, wide-angle shot, I think.

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.

In truly effective thinking the prime necessity is to liquidate judgments, regain an innocent eye, disentangle feelings, be curious and open-hearted.

When it comes to politics, "the facts far exceed our curiosity." "...A few executives here and there read them. The rest of us ignore them for the good and sufficient reason that we have other things to do....

There's a reason for every journey, and mine was prompted by boredom and the recklessness of youth, by a wish to break the bounds of my normal existence and familiarise myself with life and the world at large.

He gave me a look of mingled anticipation, curiosity, and compassion, like a cat with a captive bird in its claws.

I've never thought much of strictly organised and methodical study. You can't arrange a library in alphabetical order until you've collected one.

Wohin gehen wir denn?" "In den Keller." "schloss Schattenhall hat einen Keller?" "Natürlich", sagte Homunkoloss. "Jedes unheimliche Schloss hat einen Keller" (S. 402)

In gewisser Weise sind auch wir Bücherjäger", sagte Gofid. "Obwohl wir uns natürlich nicht der barbarischen Methoden dieser professionellen Mörder bedienen. Wir suchen aus Liebe, nicht aus Gier. Wir suchen mit Herz und Verstand, nicht mit Axt und Schwert. Wir suchen, um zu lernen, und nicht, um uns zu bereichern. Und wir suchen besser! Wir finden die wertvolleren Bücher.