And if there had been more of the world, They would have reached it.
Discovery Quotes
The urge to explore, to discover, to “follow knowledge like a sinking star,” is a primary human impulse that needs, and can receive, no further justification than its own existence. The search for knowledge, said a modern Chinese philosopher, is a form of play. If this be true, then the spaceship, when it comes, will […]
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.
Men ought to be explorers, Here and there does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion.
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t.
Some discoveries provide answers to questions. Other discoveries are so deep that they cast questions in a whole new light, showing that previous mysteries were misperceived through lack of knowledge.
Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. It will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. Follow it up, explore all around it; one discovery […]
