Definition: (1) to find, perceive, or recognize (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the course of a search; (2) to become aware of
Derivation: Latin, “to uncover”
Saying: Able to suss out the truth.
Quotes:
• Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. — André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869–1951) French author
• We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. — Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (1871–1922) French novelist & critic
• The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. — Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) Indian inspirational speaker