Quotes About Wonder

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I feel I have the right to tell you this because, as I am inscribing these words, I am doing the same.

When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist. So why can't we feels the same way about beauty?

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I

The universe began as an enormous breath being held.

Ana wonders if Jax's asexuality means he's missing out on things that would be beneficial for him to experience.

M]any people are so quick to classify events as miraculous that it devalues the word.

The universe began as an enormous breath being held. Who knows why, but whatever the reason, I am glad that it did, because I owe my existence to that fact.

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.

They watch as Zaff sorts through the leaf litter, extracts a leaf decayed to near transparency, and holds it up to his face to look through it, a mask of vegetable lace.

Men imagined heaven and earth as being at the ends of a tablet, with sky and stars stretched between; yet the world was wrapped around in some fantastic way so that heaven and earth touched.

But for me, science is the true modern cathedral, an edifice of knowledge every bit as majestic as anything made of stone.

The imagination's kisses are a cloud of butterflies.

There was something about being cared for," she thought. Something magical.

Look out there. Can you feel them? Incredible to think - other human beings out there. You strain your eyes the whole day long, see nothing, hear nothing, still can't believe it somehow - but know it's true. Other warm bodies, hearts pumping blood. That ought to make us feel less lonely, or safer, it seems. Then why is it so shocking? Because - they don't belong here. The possibility of life in this place is more terrifying than the place itself. Can it be that we're really here?

I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

It's all about the special effects.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

Mr. Miyazaki's specialty is taking a primal wish of kids, transporting them to a fantasyland, and then marooning them there. No one else conjures the phantasmagoric and shifting morality of dreams - that fascinating and frightening aspect of having something that seems to represent good become evil - in the way this master Japanese animator does.

Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't.

The fewer species there are and the fewer species we know about, the fewer questions we even know to ask.

I used to dislike it, but now I like it more and more, feeling small. I like feeling like a little speck.

For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.

The night sky, seen from a deserted foothold where no man-made light shines, is more spectacular than any giant cinema screen could ever display.

It's a constant, continuous, spectacular world we live in, and every day you see things that just knock you out, if you pay attention.