Quotes about Discovery

on. And then we catch a glimpse—or was

either you obey rules imposed from the outside, or you discover the deepest longings of your own heart and try to go with them. Most of us wobble about between the two, obeying at least some of the rules either because we think God wants us to or because of social convention, but reverting to pursuing our own dreams, our own fulfillment, when given the chance.

Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD." (pg. 146)

I immediately regretted that last point because I have discovered that in discussions it never helps to take a morally superior tone to one's opponent.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

Truth is discovered, not invented. It exists independent of anyone's knowledge of it. (Gravity existed prior to Newton.)

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.

To someone from nowhere, every movement turns into a return.

They weren't real travelers: they left in order to return.

They hadn't found anything, for what could they have found? But order had been disturbed, peace destroyed.

One discovers, and names. Conquers and civilizes.

Do not leave any unexplained, unnarrated situations, any closed doors; kick them down with a course.