"Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it."
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"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world."
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"Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind."
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"She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering."
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"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must not, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Another "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
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"She likes to try everything, out of curiosity, but she'll be sorry if she isn't guided by her heart."
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
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"Mere curiosity adds wings to every step."
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"Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness."
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"The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life."
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"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity."
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"Let your curiosity be greater than your fear."
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"If you don't keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won't do it - you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time."
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"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive."
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"Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company in uncomely apparel; but, at the same time, avoid all affectation, vanity, curiosity, or levity in your dress. Keep yourself always, as much as possible, on the side of plainness and modesty, which, without doubt, is the greatest ornament of beauty, and the best excuse for the want of it."
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"The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity."
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"There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest."
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"Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety."
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"The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more we do it, the stronger these qualities become. How sad it is that we become so expert at causing harm to ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal."
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"The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity."
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