Blaise Pascal Quotes

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Curiosity is the thirst of the soul.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

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.

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.

Without curiosity, there will never be any innovation.

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.

People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?

The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

I think a part of evolution is the desire to know yourself, and know the world you live in, and discover everything you can about the world you live in. That world can be the microcosm of your own emotions, or a society, or the cosmos. There's this constant desire for knowledge.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.

I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.

You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.

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.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

I adore people who ask questions and who cause others to share in their search.

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

I love to doubt as well as know.