Norton Juster Quotes

I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

"Knowledge is the frontier of tomorrow."

My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.

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

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing.

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

You get educated by traveling.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much there is to learn.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Learning something new is fun.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.