We Discover Quotes

186 quotes by 153 authors

What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other… — Diane Ackerman
As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before. — Jean de la Bruyere
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. — Edmund Burke
We call first truths those we discover after all the others. — Albert Camus
We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best… — Walter Lippmann
In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man… — Blaise Pascal
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves. — Dogen
Christ said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy,… — Swami Vivekananda
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why. — William Barclay
A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is by logic we prove. It is by intuition we discover. — Henri Poincare
If we make a couple of discoveries here and there we need not believe things will go on like this for ever. Just as we… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want — John Cage
In a household of toddlers and pets, we discover this rule of thumb about happy families - that they are least two-thirds incontinent. — Robert Breault
When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are… — Margaret J. Wheatley
As we grow in higher consciousness, we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person. — Ken Keyes Jr.
In the heavens we discover [stars] by their light, and by their light alone ... the sole evidence of the existence of these distant worlds… — James Clerk Maxwell
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put my finger in… — Philip Pullman
Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are and then make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that… — Eleanor Roosevelt

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