If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, read more

If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.

We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and read more

We cannot create observers by saying "observe," but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses

We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.

We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.

He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.

He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the read more

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed

You can observe a lot by just watching.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, read more

All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.

Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.

Reason, Observation, and Experience -- the Holy Trinity of Science.

Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.

Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.