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Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the read more
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
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.
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.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the read more
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so read more
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.