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Quotes About Wonder

If a child never sees the stars, never has meaningful encounters with other species, never experiences the richness of nature, what happens to that child?
~ Richard Louv
There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy.
~ Richard Louv
Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth.
~ William Wordsworth
My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
~ Al Franken
The majesty of creation forms my faith in the Creator.
~ Anthony D. Williams
The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.
~ Gertrude Stein
It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.
~ Laozi
Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?
~ Leonardo da Vinci
We are educated to be amazed by the infinite variety of life forms in nature. We are, I believe, only at the beginning of being flabbergasted by its unity.
~ Lewis Thomas
Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary.
~ Steven Weinberg
Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only in contradiction to what we know of nature.
~ Sylvia Fraser
The nature of the mind is completely incredible.
~ Tenzin Palmo
Practice beauty appreciation in as many places as possible. Nature provides a virtual smorgasbord of miracles. See the beauty in all of it.
~ Wayne Dyer
What are these pines & these birds about? What is this pond a-doing? I must know a little more.
~ Henry David Thoreau
What a piece of work is man!
~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Come with me into the woods where spring isadvancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but oneof the forever gifts, and certainly visible.
~ Mary Oliver, Dog Songs
My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.
~ William Wordsworth
Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word "glory" a meaning for me.
~ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
To enjoy the song of love and beauty, just get lost in the wonders of nature.
~ Debasish Mridha
A journey deep into the Kingdom of Nature is always a mysterious journey, a Sufistic voyage, a spiritual trip!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Existence is a priceless gift and the beauties of nature are the priceless gifts of the existence!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The beauty that lies hidden, makes my soul tremble with awe.
~ Patricia Robin Woodruff
I always thought of the stars like a handful of gems that God randomly tossed across the sky, saying, 'Here, go wherever you please.
~ Chelsea Vanderbeek, Forget Me