“What matters in learning is not to be taught, but to wake up.”
Quotes by Jean-Henri Fabre
“The mind is an activity, not a repository.”
“Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past. [Referring to studying fossil remains of the weevil, largely unchanged to the present day.]”
Jean-Henri FabreJean-Henri Fabre was a prominent French naturalist and entomologist, celebrated for his engaging and accessible writings on the lives of insects. Born in 1823, he developed a fascination for the natur...