"Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words."

Frye, Northrop | Poetry and Poets | 2 bookmarks

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

James, William | Attitude | 7 bookmarks

"If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent."

Newton, Sir Isaac | Patience | 1 bookmarks

"I am one of those who think like Nobel, than humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

Curie, Madame Marie | Evil | 1 bookmarks

"Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it."

Valentine, Alan | Devil | 3 bookmarks

"Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried."

Tyger, Frank | Courage | 2 bookmarks

"He who never walks except where he sees other men's tracks will make no discoveries."

Unknown, Source | Imitation | 1 bookmarks

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."

Milne, A. A. | Organization | 2 bookmarks

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition."

Smith, Alexander | Love | 10 bookmarks

"All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking."

Parkhurst, Charles H. | Thoughts and Thinking | 2 bookmarks