307 Quotes About Exploration

These expeditions respond to an extraordinarily civilizing Christian idea: to abolish slavery in Africa, to dispel the darkness that still reigns in part of the world, to get to know the resources that seem gigantic, in short, pouring out the treasures of civilization, that's it. purpose of this modern crusade worthy of our era.

An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.

Let’s sail these uncharted waters for sixty years and leave the BS for the philosophers.

there are journeys from which one cannot return

when your foot rests on the unknown, your body quivers with metaphysical excitement

The totality of human endeavor is nothing when set against the stars.

What Jefferson and the Corps began so promisingly soon collapsed almost utterly, an indictment of a nation claiming to believe in progress and to revere building upon humane wisdom and informed and compassionate behavior.

One of the most important problems in machine learning—and life—is the exploration-exploitation dilemma. If you’ve found something that works, should you just keep doing it? Or is it better to try new things, knowing it could be a waste of time but also might lead to a better solution? Would you rather be a cowboy or a farmer? Start a company or run an existing one? Go steady or play the field? A midlife crisis is the yearning to explore after many years spent exploiting.

You need to get out if you are looking to understand the world. The sudden realization of a great truth is like a shooting star. You'll miss it if you are comfortably indoors.