Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.
It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.
The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking.
I wonder why. I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder.
Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.
I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody’s ever been.
You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.
The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.
Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
Curiosity is the key to creativity.
If you don’t keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won’t do it – you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.
Your curiosity is your growth point. Always.
The only dumb question is the question you don’t ask.
Every day you learn something new.