Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
Interpretation
Curiosity drives the quest for knowledge and understanding.
This quote by Thomas Hobbes highlights the insatiable nature of human curiosity, suggesting that it is as powerful and compelling as a lustful desire. It implies that our thirst for knowledge and truth is an integral aspect of our mental existence, motivating us to explore, learn, and understand the world around us.
In practice
In a motivational speech about lifelong learning.
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.
I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
Obsession is a young manβs game.
Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.
Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.
Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.
I remembered something somebody had once said to me. It's okay. Everyday is freshly ground.
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