Bernard Berenson Quotes

I'm on a search for the truth.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

If you become so intensely curious that without knowing you cannot live, that is called seeking.

To ask larger questions is to risk getting things wrong. Not to ask them at all is to constrain the life of understanding

I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions - that's behind my curiosity.

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.

The word "question" originates from the Latin root, quaestio, which means "to seek." Inside the word "question" is the word "quest," suggesting that within every question is an adventure, a pursuit which can lead us to hidden treasure.

Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.

Sometimes you find the panel, but it doesn’t open; sometimes it opens, and your gaze meets nothing but a mouse skeleton. But at least you’ve looked. That’s the real distinction between people: not between those who have secrets and those who don’t, but between those who want to know everything and those who don’t. This search is a sign of love I maintain.

The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

Write about what you want to know.