Alain de Botton Quotes

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

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.

there is no reason why anyone should understand how it works… and of course no reason why anyone should care … unless you are curious, in which case I love you, for curiosity about the world and all its corners is a beautiful thing.

Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king.

My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

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

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.

I keep six honest serving men.

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

I always want to know about things.

If you don't know something, just go and ask.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

We're all curious about a lot of 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.

Curiosity is the main energy.

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.

Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.

We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.

Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.

Curiosity is thought on its entering edge.

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?

Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.

Wonder is the seed of knowledge