Quotes About Wonder

It's worth it," she said. "There are some amazing reefs and sea life there." Jacob still looked baffled. "Do you want to be a marine biologist or something?" "No. I just want to see it." "Why?" "Because it's there. Because it's something in the world I haven't experienced yet.

The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world.

There's the slightly intoxicating feeling that accompanies the largest blizzards—the realization that there's a chance, increasing by every second, that you are about to be trapped by beauty.

Oh, I would have seen it all, eventually, but it needed to happen to a boy; the world loses much of its wonder about the time you pay your first water bill.

Well, I think life is precious because you can't watch it again. I mean you can believe in an after life if that makes you feel better but once you realize you're not going to be around forever, I think that's what makes life so magical.

You can't get any 'cooler' than Disney World.

Is it terrible to not understand a thing, if it's beautiful?

All things pass, all things, that is, but mystery.

And I cannot help but wonder as we navigate the realms of our own manufacture, will we remember how to cherish one another, or will these realms turn out to be far too self-referential, a kind of beautifully furnished tomb, a mind loop, a mirror reflecting a mirror-offering a vista that can only induce dizziness, longing, and loneliness?

O saisons, ô châteaux, Quelle âme est sans défauts ?

I have never tried anything psychedelic, but I've always wanted to. Would I be wrapped up in colors, attacked by sounds, filled with insights about worlds I don't even know exist?

Sorry son of a bitch. No wonder some people criticized small-town law enforcement

Life is sacred—for everyone, not just monks and mystics. But to feel it and see it, there are things you can do, things that bring out the wonder and connectedness of everything in life. It begins with your intention, looking in. And it's furthered by your attention, looking out.

But what I hope is this: that you find a few [recipes] that will add to the wonder, love, and sacredness of your life. Those are the ones to follow. Those are the ones to keep.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

Much of what is most simple is most miraculous.

In every moment, we're sailing on oceans where wonders are not just the exception; they are the rule.

I have never got over my surprise," Thoreau once reflected, "that I should have been born into the most estimable place in all the world, and in the very nick of time, too.

Our minds perform magic all the time. (p. 212)

One had to dispel practicality. Then something else could be heard – if one was lucky, if the sun was shining, if the paths were well made, if one wore the right garments: and if one made no attempt at definition or popularisation.

Enchanted islands are hard to understand,' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends.

Mystery is the unknown in which we live. It is our nature. Mystification is the exploitation of mystery.

Why is man man? As long as we have had minds to think with, stars to ponder upon, dreams to disturb us, curiosity to inspire us, hours free for meditation, words to place our thoughts in order, the question like a restless ghost has prowled the cellars of our consciousness.

See the world!! Gain perspective!! Appreciate Life!!