The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea read more
Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones read more
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on read more
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. ne great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits read more
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. ne great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious read more
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
