There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.
‘How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.’
People don’t really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don’t want to know.
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
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