Quote by William Arthur Ward

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Summary

This quote suggests that curiosity is the essential driving force behind acquiring knowledge and learning. Just as a wick ignites and sustains a flame in a candle, curiosity ignites and fuels the process of learning. Without curiosity, the desire to explore and ask questions, the flame of learning would not be lit. Curiosity leads us to seek new information, explore different perspectives, and challenge existing knowledge, enabling us to acquire new insights and expand our understanding of the world.

Topics

By William Arthur Ward

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to s

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.

Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to the

Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you have a face before you is never what you hear when you have before you a winding tape.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apo

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Benjamin Disraeli

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguise

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Bertrand Russell

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

Emily Dickinson

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Booker T. Washington

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fil

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.

Stanely J. Randall

Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it ca

Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.

I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing

I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only did it because my dad saw a bunch of pretty girls in a restaurant and he asked them where they came from and they said drama group. He said, 'Son, that is where you need to go.'

Robert Pattinson