Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
In plain words
Every answer you find opens up a bigger question.
Where these words come from
- 58% sureLots of sources credit Rachel Carson with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- From the same 1954 speech as above, per Wikiquote's Rachel Carson page; venue beyond the year is unnamed, so held at likely.
- Speech (1954)
- 1954
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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.
Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.
Victor Hugo
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.Victor Hugo