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.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if read more

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men have read more

One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men have talked about the world without paying attention to the world of their own minds, as if they were asleep or absent-minded.

Three brothers, three fortresses

Three brothers, three fortresses

You can observe a lot just by watching.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

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.