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Discovery Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.
- It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist
- Man is endogenous, and education is his unfolding. The aid we have from others is mechanical, compared with the discoveries of nature in us. What…
- Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.
- The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what…
- If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling…
- What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
- We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The…
- But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where…
More Discovery Quotes
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find… — David Attenborough
- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
- They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens. — Bob Beauprez
- The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest… — Bob Beauprez
- For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true. — John Berger
- Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but… — Alexander Graham Bell
- With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery. — Paul Berg
- A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is… — John Berger