Quotes about Discovery
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.
— St. Augustine
Press on where truth begins to dawn.
— St. Augustine
Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.
— St. Augustine
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
— St. Augustine
Believe me, you will find more lessons in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
To reach something good, it is useful to have gone astray.
— Teresa of Avila
Tear your heart away from everything else; then seek God and you will surely find him.
— Teresa of Avila
One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
— Mahatma Gandhi
An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.
— Peter Kreeft
We are here for experience, and experience is a preparation to know the Truth when we meet it.
— Henry Ford
Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.
— Isabel Allende
Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover seeds of truth.
— Virginia Woolf