Coercion Quote by Albert Einstein

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of teaching have not yet entirely strangled that sacred spirit of curiosity and inquiry,…

— Albert Einstein

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

— Albert Einstein

Curiosity is a delicate little plant that, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.

— Albert Einstein

“All I want is to cultivate curiosity. Yes, my old friend remains undiminished even now: the simple yearning to know. If these students cannot…

— Stephen Kiernan

“The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.”

— Robert Wright

At a time when experimentation expresses itself in all forms of life, search becomes the only valid expression of the spirit.

— Mark Tobey

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

— William Winwood Reade

No occupation is more worthy of an intelligent and enlightened mind, than the study of Nature and natural objects; and whether we labour to…

— Joseph Paxton

He who studies it [Nature] has continually the exquisite pleasure of discerning or half discerning and divining laws; regularities glimmer through an appearance of…

— John Robert Seeley

You have a feeling of achievement when you discover a new plant, even a plant that has no use.

— Richard Evans Schultes

I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of…

— Hope Jahren

“Nature does not often say 'See?' to her poor creature at a time when seeing can lead to happy doing; or reply 'Here!' to…

— Thomas Hardy