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Curiosity Quotes

    “Being curious is better than being smart.  Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.  Being smart will never deliver results on its own because it doesn’t get you to act.  It is desire, not intelligence, that prompts behavior.” ~ James Clear, Atomic Habits

      “Don’t think about why you question, simply don’t stop questioning.  Don’t worry about what you can’t answer, and don’t try to explain what you can’t know.  Curiosity is its own reason.  Aren’t you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure behind reality?  And this is the miracle of the human mind—to use its constructions, concepts, and formulas as tools to explain what man sees, feels and touches.  Try to comprehend a little more each day.  Have holy curiosity.” ~ Albert Einstein, via Mastery

        “Make the child aware of the mystery.  Rather than giving the answer it is better to make the child aware of the mysterious that’s all around, so the child starts feeling more awe and more wonder.  Rather than giving a pat answer it is better to create an inquiry.  Help the child to be more curious, help the child to be more inquiring.  Rather than giving the answer, make the child ask more questions.  If the child’s heart becomes inquiring, that’s enough; that’s all parents can do for the child.  Then the child will seek his or her own answers in his or her own way.” ~ Osho, The Art of Living and Dying

          “If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you’re curious, nothing is a chore; it’s automatic – you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy.” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

            “If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer, you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it with the proper commands. Likewise, what enables you to get anything you want from your own personal databanks is the commanding power of asking questions.” ~ Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within

              “Adventure is curiosity, the willingness to embrace uncertainty, wondering about the possibility of doing just one thing differently than before.” ~ Bruce Kirby

                "The important thing is not to stop questioning.  Curiosity has its own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein

                  “My alma mater was books, a good library…. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” ~ Malcolm X

                    It happens all the time.  Curiosities become obsessions.  Outings become overnighters.  Passtimes become passions.  This is how journeys begin.

                    You don’t get to say, I’m bored.

                      You don't get to say, I'm bored.

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                      “‘I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless. The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.'” ~ Louis CK

                        “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.” ~ Albert Einstein, via Awaken the Giant Within

                          “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~ Albert Einstein

                            “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” ~ Albert Einstein

                              “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~ Walt Disney