Lewis Thomas Quotes

I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.

There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there.

Every day you learn something new.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

I like to learn about things.

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

There's a powerful appeal in the 'I didn't know that' effect. I love it when people say, 'Gosh, I didn't know that.'

The excitement lies in the exploration of the world around us.

I said I 'liked' being half-educated; you were so much more 'surprised' at everything when you were ignorant.

Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

Real education happens when you pick up a fact here, and another fact there, and put them together and get an insight.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

To learn something new every day is still exciting!

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.