Quotes About Wonder

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with men in them, what stranger miracles are there?

What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but awake a hope to live...?

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.

At one level inspiration is the ability to see beauty and mystery in everything men and women do.

For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.

Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.

What terrible fear causes Man to address the Void as Thou?

Man is incurably curious.

Some people ask, "What if the sky were to fall?"

shrunk until she was an inch high and was living inside one of her most prized possessions—a snow globe. It was so beautiful there, inside the big, old, magical-looking house, so warm, so welcoming. Emma could make it snow anytime she wanted with just a turn of her wrist, a bit of magic that never failed to delight Zach and

For a moment, Emma thought she might have stepped inside the pages of one of the Christmas books she read to Zach or that maybe she'd shrunk until

How wonderful it is that He Whose greatness could fill a thousand worlds, and very many more, should confine Himself within so small a space, just as He was pleased to dwell within the womb of His most holy Mother!

Clouds are the sky's imagination.

...gorgeous bright blue sky with some cloudacious beautiness on the fringe.

The night sky is a miracle of infinitude.

If we dance amongst the rooftops, is it not that much further to jig into the starshine?

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.

There are worlds in an opal.

If one looks closely enough, one can see angels in every piece of art.

Angels will not disintegrate with logic, but they are more likely to fly for those who believe.

Never has the earth been so lovely nor the sun so bright, as today . . . —NIKINAPI

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they're really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.