One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests.
In plain words
Stay curious and you will never run out of things to be curious about.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- You Learn by Living (1960), p. 14 -- Wikiquote Sourced section, her own book with page number.
- You Learn by Living
- 1960 · memoir/essay collection
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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