Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under read more

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

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.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.

Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.

Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail read more

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

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.

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

You can observe a lot by just watching.

You can observe a lot by just watching.