Quotes About Wonder

Oh, the mystery of what your children know, the scope and terrifying beauty of their perception.

and one of those neat spiral stairways in the far corner-I wonder where it leads. Spiral staircases always seem to me like they must lead somewhere special.

De geweldige boomkronen, ver boven onze hoofden tot een altijd groen dak vervlochten, lieten maar betrekkelijk weinig daglicht door, zodat wij ons voortbewogen als in de schemering van een aquarium.

wonder what day god created the egg' 'how should we know? we should not question. our stay on earth is not for long. let us rejoice and believe and give thanks'. 'eat a egg

He stared down at the empty street and wondered why all city streets resembled each other at night. He

Mitä voikaan tapahtua maailmassa, jossa kaiken väitetään olevan mahdollista?

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

Why should I feel lonely? is not our planet in the Milky Way?

The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered. These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them, according to his ability, by his words and his life.

I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of sight, New earths, and skies and seas around. —

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.

Nothing so fair, so pure, and at the same time so large, as a lake, perchance, lies on the surface of the earth.

Nature is mythical and mystical always, and works with the license and extravagance of genius.

It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time.

We might climb a tree, at least.

All change is a miracle to contemplate;

Nature is a personality so vast and universal that we have never seen one of her features.

We love to see any part of the earth tinged with blue, cerulean, the color of the sky, the celestial color.

It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.