Quotes About Wonder

Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel thread and garlands of metallic filaments that disappear underneath the other ornaments and finery. Shadows follow, joyful, laughing sprites. The tree is rich with potential wonder. All it needs is a glance from you to come alive .

Here's a funny question: What is your favorite word? Think about it—maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream. So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words? Thought about it yet? Good. And now, think why .

SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the rim of the western sky. Sometimes, the moon is also visible, a pale white slice, while the sun tarries. Just think -- all the celestial lights are present at the same time! These are moments of wonder -- see them and remember.

Once upon a time, began the story of you . Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened. And yet—the most exciting twists and best turns are yet to come. And it absolutely does not matter how old or young you are. Like a bright carpet of wonders, enjoy the unrolling of your story.

Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.

The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.

Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment.

We were looking for starfarers, but we were too small and all we saw were their ankles.

He] was an insect wandering in the cathedral his mind had become.

Are we alone? Over time, you will come up with various answers to that same nagging question. Eventually one day it will occur to you that this endless asking is the answer you have been looking for. The fact that we have an ongoing dialogue with the universe is proof enough that there is "something" out there.

The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

You have created a new thrill.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah…fair enough…gotta go home now.

There is one habit one should not grow out of -that is Being A Child at Heart .

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.