Johannes Kepler Quotes

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Looking back, I realize that nurturing curiosity and the instinct to seek solutions are perhaps the most important contributions education can make.

Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.

Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.

There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

I think we should be passionately curious about what we do.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

In science, every question answered leads to 10 more. I love that science can never, ever be finished. From a young age, people think, 'Science is hard and boring.' We don't tell children, 'Yes, you have to learn these formulae and theorems, but then you go on to learn about nuclear reactions and stars.'

Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.

The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied.

I love meeting people and analysing their world. I like having a puzzle to solve. That's why I do so much work in advance. Even if it doesn't affect my performance in the end, I just find it so much more interesting if I've got as wide as possible an understanding of the material.

Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that.