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Curiosity will get you through hard times when nothing else will by Jim Harrison by Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison spent a lifetime figuring out how to survive hard times, starting with the year he lost the sight in one eye at 7. His...
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A doctor swallowed bacteria to prove a point nobody would believe. Frank Zappa's line about an open mind means the same thing:...
Curiosity is the start of a journey to a greater understanding and the joy of discovery by mmj
Scientific American reports that curiosity switches on the brain's reward circuits and helps memory stick. Spend 20 minutes chasing...
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson's quote on curiosity looks at how hardship can deepen learning and offers one practical question for finding meaning...
Childhood and genius have the same master-organ in common — inquisitiveness. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Albert Einstein was 5 when he got obsessed with a compass. Bulwer-Lytton thought that's the one habit genius and childhood never...
Like hunger motivates us to eat, curiosity motivates us to learn by George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein compares curiosity to hunger: both intensify when something is missing, but only within a sweet spot...
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt believed one gift beat beauty and riches for a newborn. The story behind that pick, and what psychologists have...
Knowledge is the compound interest of curiosity by james clear
James Clear’s quote captures how curiosity compounds, turning small discoveries into knowledge, connections and deeper understanding...
What if boredom isn’t something to escape, but a signal to get curious? One good question can change what happens next.
What if boredom isn’t something to escape, but a signal to get curious? One good question can change what happens next...