Quest for Knowledge Quotes

A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little.

Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.

Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.

Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.

No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover.

I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.

Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.

sometimes to find truth one must move mountains -Kohler

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to farther progress.

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. If I do this, what will happen? is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist. ... The unfamiliar and the strange - these are the domain of all children and scientists.

The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts.

It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.

Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires.

That's a question mark everyone's asking

Man's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.

The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.

Man by Nature desires to know.

Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.

In the temple of science are many mansions, and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led them thither. Many take to science out of a joyful sense of superior intellectual power; science is their own special sport to which they look for vivid experience and the satisfaction of ambition; many others are to be found in the temple who have offered the products of their brains on this altar for purely utilitarian purposes.

I think, just philosophically, we're made to explore.

There's a wonderful saying that's dead wrong. 'Why did you climb the mountain?' 'I climbed the mountain because it was there.' That's utter nonsense...You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like.