Arthur Golden Quotes

I do not seek. I find.

Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

If you tell people what everything is before they have a chance to experience it, then I feel like it's a much different experience.

To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something.

To those who will see, the world waits.

The field of vision is comparable, for me, to the terrain of an archaeological dig. To see is to be on guard, to wait for what emerges from the background, without any name, without any particular interest: what was silent will speak, what is closed will open and will take on a voice.

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

I like people who would rather something be discovered than shoved in your face.

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

I'm on a search for the truth.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.

All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.

We are wiser than we know.

When you have watched someone long enough, you know what they can do.

I've always liked discovering things.

Foreknowledge is a wonderful thing.

wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

In opening them, he discovered that he had eyes.