Quotes About Wonder

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.

STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It's love.

The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams.

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars-and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.

Nature cannot be surprised in undress. Beauty breaks in everywhere.

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

It is a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man.

The sea isn't a place but a fact, and a mystery.

Beauty and inspiration can be found in any natural place of the earth.

The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.

Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.

Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.

Effective magic is transcendent nature.

The visible world is a daily miracle, for those who have eyes and ears.

How inferior the human machine is, compared to man-made machines. They can be decoked, unscrewed, oiled and parts replaced. Decidedly, nature is not a very wonderful thing.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

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

Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night.

We are not to tell nature what she's gotta be... She's always got better imagination than we have.