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Discovery Quotes


"We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise."


"The discovery of various phenomena has led to a recognition of the fact that the chemical atom is an individual which again is itself made up of several units into a selfcontained whole."


"You need to invest time in understanding and discovering yourself."


"I have no problem with homosexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts."


"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."


"Open your eyes to new opportunities."


"Yet in our hands and within our view is a whole universe of discovery and clarification, which is a pleasure to study in itself, gives the average person access to insights that not even Darwin or Einstein possessed, and offers the promise of near-miraculous advances in healing, in energy, and in peaceful exchange between different cultures. Yet millions of people in all societies still prefer the myths of the cave and the tribe and the blood sacrifice."


"It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country."


"Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner."


"Beneath beautiful appearances I search out ugly depths, and beneath ignoble surfaces I probe for the hidden mines of devotion and virtue. It's a relatively benign mania, which enables you to see something new in a place where you would not have expected to find it."


"The discovery that I soon made that the guinea pig was also susceptible to infection made it possible for me, from the third year on, to preserve the virus on this animal."


"What emerged from the portal was not the feared armada. Instead, it was a single ship. A familiar ship. I felt a quickening in my atoms.Clever, dangerous girl. I have been expecting you."


"I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevitably found me, as important truths often do, like a lost thought in need of a mind."


"Each of us has a latent energy and we need to discover this invisible "treasure by the way of concentration."


"Discovering yourself is the major key to being successful."


"Your bread may be small but with God's blessing it will increase."


"The apothecary's name was Owlglass. He hummed to himself as he worked in his back room. He'd found a new type of blue fluff, which he was grinding down. It was probably good for curing something. He'd have to try it out on people until he found out what."


"Devote time wisely to discover your true self."


"Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain."


"Discover your gift and talent, then start a process of production with it if you desire to be prosperous."


"All great and famous people understand that the chief priority in their life is to discover oneself, ones calling and to devote one's life to its fulfilment."


"Remember that often we will not know the small details of our life mission."


"Your discovery determines what you are known for."


"He and I suddenly saw the whole country like an oyster for us to open; and the pearl was there, the pearl was there."


"Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed."


"To know your purpose, you have to find yourself."


"You can't hide from wisdom, it's everywhere; you won't find it in everyone, it's too rare."


"Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery."
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