Quotes About Wonder

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of "green"?

Art is a sense of magic.

Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?

Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. We're so used to evaluating everything (and everyone) by their usefulness that this thought will take a minute or two to begin to dawn on us. Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Which is to say, beauty is in and of itself a great and glorious good, something we need in large and daily doses.

For only he who lives his life as a mystery is truly alive.

Y lentamente, de su oscuro miedo empezó a brotar algo que todavía no era felicidad, pero sí un asombro ante la diversidad de la vida.

Lorsque j'ouvrais les yeux dans l'obscurité et que je te sentais contre mon flanc, je m'étonnais qu'il n'y eût pas d'étoiles au-dessus de moi, tant le ciel semblait présent.

Sar?labilecekleri herhangi bir ÅŸeyin olduÄŸu hissetmek yaln?zlar için, kendi içine hapsolmuÅŸ insanlar için ne mucizevi bir ÅŸeydi.

Thunder does not come from a clear sky, nor yet from a cloud until there has been an accumulation of electrical stresses; and in like manner a miracle, if it is to happen, demands a particular predisposition, a peculiar nervous and religious tension of the mind. No one ever experiences a miracle unless he has long and passionately awaited it.

Es ist das ewige Staunen aller Naturkinder an allen Enden der Erde über die Kulturmenschen, denen eine Handvoll gelbes Metall kostbarer erscheint als alle geistigen und technischen Errungenschaften ihrer Kultur.

Por primera vez ese escalofrío que envuelve el nacimiento tanto de un hombre como de una palabra penetró en mi ánimo asustado de admiración y ya lleno de felicidad.

Non si dovrebbe parlare di Dio. Non conosciamo la sua lingua. Possiamo soltanto ascoltare. Come l'incanto di una musica lontana, nel cuore della notte

The sun was like a word written between the sea and the sky, a word that was swallowed up by the sea before any man had time to read it.

To-night the swinging stars shall plumb The silence of the sky.

To-day she had watched magic dancing in a mackintosh, and she was at a loss.

Art is childhood, after all," wrote Rilke

I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.

Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction.

Curious people are intersting people, I wonder why that is.

You wonder and you wonder until you wander out into Infinity, where - if it is to be found anywhere - Truth really exists.

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night.

Truth is merely common sense, say the naive realist. Really? Then where, precisely, is the location of--a rainbow? In the air? In the eye? In between? Or somewhere else?