“Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view”
Max Planck
“All humans are trapped in the Ocean of Ignorance, The difference is that some of them are swimming, while others are drowned.”
Kastriot Halili
“Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny'”
Isaac Asimov
“ No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth.”
Barry Long