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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones read more
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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.
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 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.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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.
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing read more
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
