“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
「重要的是不要停止疑問,好奇心有其存在的理由。」– 愛因斯坦 (物理學家)
- 愛因斯坦 (1879-1955) 為理論物理學家,以發現廣義相對論 (general relativity) 及光電效應最為知名,他在 1926 年得到諾貝爾物理學獎,被認作是現代物理學之父,及史上最多產的高知識分子之一。
“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.”
「教導的藝術,是喚醒小孩天生好奇心並在未來滿足它的藝術;而好奇心本身的鮮活及益處,與內心的滿足及快樂成正比。」– 阿納托爾‧法郎士 (文學家)
“I’m naturally curious, and I’ve always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.”
「我天生就很好奇,我一直被好奇心所驅使。好奇使人興奮,好奇心導致新的想法、新的工作及新的產業。」– 安妮‧斯維尼 (總裁)
“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 should be curiosity.”
「我覺得當小孩出生時,若他母親要求教母送小孩一個最有用的禮物,那禮物應該是好奇心。」– 埃莉諾‧羅斯福 (前第一夫人)
“Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only through gambling can we take advantage of them.”
「唯有好奇能讓我們發現機會,唯有冒險能讓我們從中獲利。」– 克拉倫斯‧伯德西 (企業家)
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”
「神祕的事物是我們所能體驗最美麗的東西,它是所有藝術及科學的源頭。無法有此感受的人,不能再停下思索、或因敬仰而駐足著迷的人,他們如同死人般,他們的眼睛是闔上的。」– 愛因斯坦 (物理學家)
— Joseph Campbell, Mythologist
「你害怕進入的洞穴藏有你追求的寶藏。對無知的恐懼是我們最大的恐懼… 雖然謹慎是個有用的本能,我們將失去很多機會及生命裡很多的冒險經驗,如果我們沒有去支持心中那個好奇的探險家。」– 約瑟夫・坎伯 (神話學者)