Quotes About Wonder

Ralph Waldo Emerson said that "the invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." And George Bernard Shaw said, "If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." Still

No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle in Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology has its origin in the wonder of all wonders that God became man. Alongside the brilliance of holy night there burns the fire of the unfathomable mystery of Christian theology." It

Miracles are not in contradiction to nature. They are only in contradiction with what we know of nature.—SAINT AUGUSTINE

Every once in a great while, the hand of God is easy to see, and for a brief moment, fairy tales and history are the same thing. This story is about one of those times.

When we come to see the superlatively extreme precariousness of our existence, and begin to understand how by any accounting, we ought not to exist, what are we to think or feel? Our existence seems to be not merely a virtually impossible miracle but the most outrageous miracle conceivable, one that makes previously amazing miracles seem like almost nothing. It's

Fundamentally we feel that we really belong to death already, and that every new day is a miracle. It

Children seem to need, then, a delicate balance between the realistic and the fantastic in their art; enough of the realistic to know that the story matters, enough of the fantastic to make what matters wonderful

Even stranger things have happened; and perhaps the strangest of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes.

Cele mai interesante întreb?ri r?mân întreb?ri. ?i conÈ›in în ele un mister. La fiecare r?spuns trebuie s? adaugi un "poate". Numai întreb?rile f?r? interes au r?spunsuri definitive.

Sur terre, ce ne sont pas les occasions de s'émerveiller qui manquent, mais les émerveillés.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything we do.

they come up with that one? The

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

firestar: jayfeather what does mallow look like? jayfeather: i dont know, ive never seen any

Firestar: Okay, Jayfeather, what does mallow look like? Jayfeather: I don't know, do I? I've never seen it.

Poor Cinderpaw'll think she's being stalked by toadstools," Lionpaw mewed.

Twigpaw glanced at Finpaw. Her heart seemed to skip as he held her gaze. She wondered if he could possibly be as excited as she was at the thought of spending time together.

I can't believe

Tallkit shivered. This was only his second sunrise outside the nursery, and his paws pricked with excitement. A light dusting of snow had turned the camp white, frosting the tussocky grass and thick heather walls. The freezing air stung his nose. He fluffed up his fur.

She wondered how many lives he had left. Perhaps that's what gave him confidence. Why did only leaders get to have nine lives? Wouldn't it be more useful if StarClan granted every cat nine lives?

at the sight of the snow that capped the highest crags.

I am not interested

I've never seen before