We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire.
In plain words
Learning is like being hungry. The more you feed your mind, the more it wants to know.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202, from her Vassar lecture notes, c. 1865-1885.
- Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals (comp. Phebe Mitchell Kendall, 1896) — Project Gutenberg #10202
- circa 1865-1885 · Vassar College · from her astronomy lecture notes as Vassar's first observatory director
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Sor Juana Inés de la CruzWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.Louisa May AlcottNothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.Charles DarwinWonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.PlatoA single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.Chinese proverbThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Aristotle