All Quotes By Tag: Curiosity
“Misfortunes make us wise”
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“It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.”
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“A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.”
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“If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.”
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“When we aren’t curious in conversations we judge, tell, blame and even shame, often without even knowing it, which leads to conflict.” -The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding”
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“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
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“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.”
“From time to timeI once wondered how one wanders from time to timeAnd think up the paradox lineSpeak of Epoch’s crimeOh I lied, it hasn’t happened yetBut bet you better believe it’s such a habit thatI just said that in a past mindset”
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“The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.”
“The moment, you begin to think without any sort of predominant conformity whatsoever, simply to be the act of thinking, that is the moment when answers of real glory and progressive significance begin to manifest in front of your mortal eyes.”
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“Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.”
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“The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions – simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions – and maturely wise in our replies.”
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“When God takes out the trash, don’t go digging back through it. Trust Him.”
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“Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child’s relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don’t know as much as we think we know.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
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