Saint Augustine Quotes

Free curiosity is of more value in learning than harsh discipline.

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity

Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

Anything that I read, I read because I'm interested in it.

I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things.

I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much of it others already knew. The agenda for self-cultivation that had been set for my classmates by their teachers and parents was something I'd have to develop for myself.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with.

Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.

I don't believe in proving myself, ever. I'm in the school of thought where if someone is a curious person, they can find whatever they want.

As I evolve, my interests change, always. But, what is consistent is that I always look for something new to play.

When traveling, we continually are 'discovering' what our day will be. We are in a new environment, perhaps a different culture, interacting with strangers who might have different priorities than we ourselves have.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

I just follow the subjects I'm interested in.

Our interests are pretty boundless, as is our appetite for new creative experiences.

I like to absorb the atmosphere and explore wherever I'm working or visiting, so I can't say there's any type of place I don't like. When you travel you have to be open to new experiences.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I was too shy to do anything but read, but there was nobody to tell me what to read.

Curiosity is life. Assumption is death.