Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

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.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

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.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his read more

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.