Thomas Hobbes Quotes

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

Curiosity is the hunger of the human mind.

The tiny, initial clue ... by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

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

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?

Make curiosity a wonder-ful habit.

Curiosity must be kept alive.

This desire of knowledge and the wonder which it hopes to satisfy are the driving power behind all the changes that we, with careless, question-begging inference, call progress.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

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.

Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.

There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

Curiosity illuminates the correct path to anything in life. If you're not curious, that's when your brain is starting to die.

It is a glorious fever, desire to know.

I think I'm a trivia nerd. I love to learn about everything. I'm curious.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

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

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it. What has stayed with me are not the facts they imparted, but the excitement about learning they inspired.

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.