#exploration

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The voice of the hidden waterfall And the children in the apple-tree Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea. Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) - T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, Little Gidding Taken from Sara’s journal, 10/6/2012 ↗

— TS Eliot

#inspirational #inspirational

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#drives #exploration #genre #geographical #me

If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#doing #exploration #i #kind #less

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ↗

— Burt Rutan

#discovery #dreams #experience #exploration #fun

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

#becomes #come #exploration #i #i think

The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#bodies #celestial #claim #countries #country

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite... ↗

— Jules Verne

#exploration #infinite #journey #meditation #spirituality

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#closed-mindedness #discovery #humanity #ignorance #mankind

A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being? ↗

— Carl Sagan

#earth #science #space-exploration #science

Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#earth #perspective #science #space-exploration #science