“From whence it is obvious to conclude that, since our Faculties are not fitted to penetrate into the internal Fabrick and real Essences of Bodies; but yet plainly discover to us the Being of a GOD, and the Knowledge of our selves, enough to lead us into a full and clear discovery of our Duty, and great Concernment, it will become us, as rational Creatures, to imploy those Faculties we have about what they are most adapted to, and follow the direction of Nature, where it seems to point us out the way.” WayRealSelfEnoughGodBodySeemsScienceKnowledgeClearDutyCreaturesDiscoveryEssenceObviousRationalInternalsFacultyPenetrateAdapted Book:An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (Complete) Source: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (Complete)
“The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.” LyingFoundDiscoveryEssenceSatisfactionEndlessFamiliarBoredomThemeSubtleRepetitionNoveltyVariationRichnessObsessive Book:Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Source: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
“If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.” IfsInspirationalAgeChildhoodMiddlePersonalityDiscoveryEssenceSurpriseDevelopingIntrigueMiddle AgesGatewaysExhilaration Author:Erik Erikson
“Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.” ArtRealRealityCertainIndividualDifficultLove IsMoralMoralityPerceptionDiscoveryEssenceOneselfRealizationReal Love Author:Iris Murdoch
“The real achievement in discoveries... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before... The essence of discovery is that unlikely marriage of cabbages and kings — of previously unrelated frames of reference or universes of discourse — whose union will solve the previously insoluble problem.” RealProblemFormScienceUniverseSawsSeeingAchievementSolutionsDiscoveryEssenceUnionsSolveDiscourseUnlikelyAnalogies Author:Arthur Koestler
“The essence of education is not to transfer knowledge; it is to guide the learning process, to put responsibility for study in the student's own hands...[and] place people on their own path of discovery and invention.” PeopleHandsProcessResponsibilityStudyPathStudentsDiversityDiscoveryEssenceGuidesInventionTransfersLearning ProcessDiscovery And Invention Author:Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
“All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There can be delight there and self-discovery. You can dance there... I think of it as my serious playground.” ThinkingKnowsWritingSelfResponsibilitySeriousDiscoveryEssenceDelightSelf DiscoverySongwritingSlipsPlaygrounds Author:Laura Nyro