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title: "12 Important Discovery Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Important Discovery quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Important Discovery sayings and thoughts."
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> [The discovery of the power of our thoughts will prove to be the most important discovery of our time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-discovery-of-the-power-of-our-thoughts-will-prove-to-be-the-most/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/william-james-228_discovery_the-discovery-of-the-power-of-our-though_534582.png)

> [“I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logic or reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-nasar/i-ve-made-the-most-important-discovery-of-my-life-it-s-only-in-the/)

[Sylvia Nasar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-nasar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/sylvia-nasar-29953_discovery_i-ve-made-the-most-important-discovery-o_57660.jpg)

> [I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-johanson/i-realized-immediately-that-this-was-a-terribly-important-discovery/)

[Donald Johanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-johanson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/donald-johanson-16932_discovery_i-realized-immediately-that-this-was-a-t_2095591.png)

> [I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash/i-ve-made-the-most-important-discovery-of-my-life-it-s-only-in-the-2/)

[John Forbes Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-forbes-nash-49716_discovery_i-ve-made-the-most-important-discovery-o_2021066.png)

> [Even more important than the discovery of Columbus, which we are gathered together to celebrate, is the fact that the general government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honore-daumier/even-more-important-than-the-discovery-of-columbus-which-we-are/)

[Honore Daumier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honore-daumier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/honore-daumier-65447_celebrate_even-more-important-than-the-discovery-o_945481.png)

> [I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-forbes-nash/i-have-made-the-most-important-discovery-of-my-career-the-most/)

[John Forbes Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-forbes-nash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/john-forbes-nash-49716_beautiful-mind_i-have-made-the-most-important-discovery_2166443.png)

> [A method is more important than a discovery, since the right method will lead to new and even more important discoveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-landau/a-method-is-more-important-than-a-discovery-since-the-right-method/)

[Lev Landau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-landau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/lev-landau-44045_discovery_a-method-is-more-important-than-a-discov_342142.jpg)

> [By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-important-discovery-that-i-get-along/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/glenn-gould-13144_animal_by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-importan_1029340.png)

> [The discovery that peace, happiness and love are ever-present within our own Being, and completely available at every moment of experience, under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-spira/the-discovery-that-peace-happiness-and-love-are-ever-present-within/)

[Rupert Spira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-spira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/rupert-spira-27528_and-love_the-discovery-that-peace-happiness-and-l_2467353.png)

> [In my estimation it was obvious that Jansky had made a fundamental and very important discovery. Furthermore, he had exploited it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grote-reber/in-my-estimation-it-was-obvious-that-jansky-had-made-a-fundamental/)

[Grote Reber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grote-reber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/grote-reber-240806_astronomy_in-my-estimation-it-was-obvious-that-jan_493592.png)

> [This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-johanson/this-was-the-most-important-discovery-i-had-ever-made-in-my-life-it/)

[Donald Johanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-johanson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/donald-johanson-16932_anthropologists_this-was-the-most-important-discovery-i_986959.png)

> [“if I had to name the most important discovery of my life, it would be the portable community of talking circles; groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-i-had-to-name-the-most-important-discovery-of-my-life-it-would-be/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/gloria-steinem-277_five-senses_if-i-had-to-name-the-most-important-disc_1918743.jpg)

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