I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.
Maria MitchellRead
We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Travel enhances our knowledge and perspective by exposing us to different cultures and ideas.
Maria Mitchell's quote reflects the idea that travel is a transformative experience, allowing individuals to learn from the diverse practices and thoughts of different cultures. It emphasizes that through exploration, we can gain inspiration and insights that elevate our understanding and appreciation of the world around us.
Themes
TravelLearningCultureInspirationGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about personal development, to highlight the importance of travel in widening one's perspective.
More from Maria Mitchell
All quotes →The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.
Maria MitchellRead
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.
Maria MitchellRead
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Maria MitchellRead
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Maria MitchellRead
I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.
Maria MitchellRead
Similar quotes
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
Octavia ButlerRead
In a sense, the better you adapt to school the less your chances are of later adapting to the actual world. So I figure, the worse you adapt to school, the better you will be able to handle reality when you finally manage to get loose at last from school, if that ever happens. But I guess I have what in the military they call a 'poor attitude,' which means 'shape up or ship out.' I always elected to ship out.
Philip K. DickRead
I just love learning. I think learning is how you live. The verb of my life is learning.
Louis C. K.Read
Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years.
Martin AmisRead
Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.
Wallace StegnerRead
The teacher’s first duty is to watch over the environment, and this takes precedence over all the rest. It’s influence is indirect, but unless it be well done there will be no effective and permanent results of any kind, physical, intellectual or spiritual.
Maria MontessoriRead