Faith Salie Quotes

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what it's all about.

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.

I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanting to do other things. That will always be a part of me, and it's something I've come to terms with.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

I was a little truth seeker as a child. I wanted more than anything to understand myself and also other people.

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

I'm one of those people that is up for most things. When I was offered to sing at the Oscars I was like, 'Yeah, I want to know what that's like!' I'm always curious to know what things are like - as long as you're not compromising who you are.

I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.

I think it's important to stay curious and see and experience as much as you can, whether it's art, performance, music, travel, or just hanging out and people-watching.

I like to take walks and getting out and seeing things. These experiences are so irreplaceable and give you a whole different perspective on the greater context that you're in. If I didn't try to take advantage of that, I'd be missing out on a lot of really interesting things.

You cannot will yourself to be interested in something you're not interested in. But you can actively discover and deepen your interest.

I just tell young people to find their way. Keep your eyes open. Keep your ears open and keep your heart open.

If I believe that I have done it all, there's nothing more for me to learn and explore.

It really is very true that the more you do, the less you know. I try to keep myself very open-minded in that sense.

A man who limits his interests, limits his life.