Quotes About Wonder

imaginarias a lo largo

He wondered if he could ever make his ego light enough to relax in not having to settle the meaning of things. What would that feel like?

Earl, who seemed to be in an almost perpetual state of amazement at the things he said, shook his head again.

Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them.

People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live... [We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born. letter to Otto Juliusburger

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed.

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

There are two ways to live your life: one as though nothing is a miracle and the other as though everything is a miracle.

Those people have seen something. What it is I do not know and I can not care to know. (on flying saucers)

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

I was completely astonished by the beauty of nature. Our eyes see just a small fraction of the light in the world. It is a trick to make a colored world, which does not exist outside of human beings.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

Those playful fancies of the mighty sky.

Adults have the benefit of experience and know the trick will work as long as the technique is correct. When we "grow up" we gain this experience and knowledge, but we lose our innocence and sense of wonder. In other words, the price we pay for growing up is a permanent sense of loss.

Other times when I hear the wind blow I feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born.

He's taught me everything. He taught me how to look at things. He shows me everything there is in flowers. He shows me how stones are pleasing When you hold them in your hand And look at them for a while.

Traté de imaginar que había hombres que dejaban transcurrir su vida —su única vida— encerrados entre los muros de una casa y las estrechas calles de una ciudad sin ver jamás ponerse el Sol sobre la raya azul del mar y me dije que debía existir un infierno especial para los que, incapaces de ver lo que Dios creó, permanecen ciegos y sordos ante la inmensa maravilla de la naturaleza