Quotes About Wonder

I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion merely turning its head. But language founders in such seas. Better to picture it in your head if you want to feel it.

Nem! Nem! Nem! A szenvedésem igenis számít. Élni akarok. Muszáj belekevernem az életemet a világegyetem életébe. Az élet egy kémlelÅ'nyílás, az egyetlen pici út egy végtelenségbe – hogyan hagyhatnám ki ezt a kurta, sz?k pillantást, amit a világra vethetek? Nekem csak ez jutott!

We came to the zebras. Mr. Kumar had never heard of such creatures, let alone seen one. He was dumbfounded. "They're called zebras," I said. "Have they been painted with a brush?" "No, no. They look like that naturally." "What happens when it rains?" "Nothing." "The stripes don't melt?" "No.

The reward for the watching eye and the listening ear is great. I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.

and the three-toed sloth, such a beautiful example of the miracle of life, reminded me of God.

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first. I

Christopher Kenworthy

exploring Arizona's mazelike Mogollon canyon range,

an utterly spellbinding slice of earth, like no place I'd even seen"—a Willy Wonka world of lime-green pools and pink crystal towers and subterranean waterfalls.

Children see magic because they look for it.

Science, you don't know, looks like magic.

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.

The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is.

I think reading a good book makes one modest. When you see the marvelous insight into human nature which a truly great book shows, it is bound to make you feel small—like looking at the Dipper on a clear night, or seeing the winter sunrise when you go out to collect the morning eggs. And anything that makes you feel small is mighty good for you.

I think reading a good book makes one modest. When you see the marvellous insight into human nature which a truly great book shows, it is bound to make you feel small-- like looking at the Dipper on a clear night, or seeing the winter sunrise when you go out to collect the morning eggs. And anything that makes you feel small is mighty good for you.

I think reading a good book makes one modest. When you see the marvelous insight into human nature which a truly great book shows, it is bound to make you feel small--like looking at the Big Dipper on a clear night, or seeing the winter sunrise when you go out to collect the morning eggs. And anything that makes you feel small is mighty good for you.

The audience knows the truth, the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you got to see something really special.

Sometimes, I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart, and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am.

Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings but contemplate their return. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dignified as a king. Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, And when death comes, you are ready.

He lowered his gaze from the blue-and-green canvas of the earth to the beautiful masterpiece God had created and had called Sydney Carlyle.

If even this broken, damaged world is gorgeous and full of creative wonder and beauty, it's breathtaking to ponder Heaven and the greater place of His habitation where He's been preparing for us to live forever.

I don't get it. It's a bunch of trees with leaves.

Walking in a forest between two hedges of ferns transfigured by autumn--that is a triumph. What are ovations and applause beside it?

Once a boy shows you the stars, they're a hard act to follow.