Quotes About Wonder

Where are you now? How are the nymphs? I suppose they have led you a fine dance.

A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity--he is continually in for--and filling some other Body--The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute--the poet has none; no identity--he is certainly the most unpoetical of all God's Creatures. If then he has no self, and if I am a Poet, where is the Wonder that I should say I would write no more?

Sometimes you wonder, I mean really wonder. I know we make our own reality, and we always have a choice, but how much is preordained? Is there always a fork in the road, and are there two preordained paths that are equally preordained? There could be hundreds of paths where one could go this way or that way -- there's a chance, and it's very strange sometimes.

I marvel at animal behaviour but it never surprises me. Nature has had a long time to hone its secret skills.

What we need is a treasure house, not of knowledge, but of ignorance. Something that gives not answers but questions. Something that shines light, not on already garish facts, but into the dark, damp corners of ignorance. And

Awe is the beginning of wisdom. Awe is the beginning of education.

What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.

The universe is an inexhaustible celebration of ultimate mystery!

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.

I think every discovery of the world plunges us into jubilation, a radical amazement that tears apart the veil of triviality.

We can never have enough of Nature.

He looked from His heavens and saw it was good, the toes and the crows all looked like they should. The bunny was quick, the finch bright as a daisy, the owl flew at night, and the tortoise was lazy.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Every experience has its element of magic.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

Seeing the world through the eyes of a child is the purest joy that anyone can experience.

Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.

Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba's Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ

What counts more than style is whether architecture improves our experience of the built world; whether it makes us wonder why we never noticed places in quite this way before.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.

Every experience of beauty points to [eternity].

Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced.