Quotes About Wonder

Wat hij zocht was droom, enthousiasme, avontuur - drie synoniemen.

Aki tökéletesen okos és komoly, az képtelen élni. Minél jobban eltávolodik tÅ'lem, Balgaságtól valaki, annál kevésbé él. Ugyan miért, mi okból csókolgatjuk, ölelgetjük a kisgyermekeket, ha nem azért, mert olyan csodálatosan balgák még. S mi más teszi az ifjúságot oly vonzóvá?

Deep meaning lies often in childish play.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

Knowst thou the land where the lemon trees bloom,Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom,Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows,And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose?

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

A rainbow which lasts for a quarter of an hour is looked at no longer.

O full and splendid Moon, whom I Have, from this desk, seen climb the sky

It's in the anomalies that nature reveals its secrets.

So give me back that time again, When I was still 'becoming', [185] When words gushed like a fountain In new, and endless flowing, Then for me mists veiled the world, In every bud the wonder glowed, A thousand flowers I unfurled, [190] That every valley, richly, showed. I had nothing, yet enough: Joy in illusion, thirst for truth. Give every passion, free to move, The deepest bliss, filled with pain, [195] The force of hate, the power of love, Oh, give me back my youth again!

Enjoy life, because life is phenomenal! It's a magnificent trip!

Sometimes I wonder if the lessons in life will ever stop but then why would you want to remain ignorant?

Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.

It may be that we cease; we cannot tell. Even if we cease, life is a miracle.

I grew up knowing I could have had a million different lives. It makes your life mysterious and your imagination go wild.

As long as you have a window, life is exciting.

[W]e have ceased to see the life in which we live. It is my intent to cause the viewer to revisit the gifts we are surrounded by and see them as if for the first time.

Why ... did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions -- not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.

What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

Larry Grobel senses there are no answers in life, only questions. Good ones.

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.