Wonder Quotes

• Wisdom begins in wonder.

  Socrates

  Wise, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• I think one of the most interesting things about automation isn't on the practical side. I think it's about creating magic and wonder and moments of splendor.

  Genevieve Bell

  Thinking, Creating, Interesting

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  People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Buddhist, Children

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  Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

  Neil Armstrong

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Wonder is like grace, in that it's not a condition we grasp; it grasps us. Wonder is not an obligatory element in the search for truth. We can seek truth without wonder's assistance. But seek is all we'll do; there will be no finding. Unless wonder descends, unlocks us ... truth is unable to enter. Wonder may be the aura of truth, the halo of it. Or something even closer. Wonder may be the caress of truth, touching our very skin.

  David James Duncan

  Grace, Touching, Skins

  David James Duncan (2002). “My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark”, p.88, Univ of California Press

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

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Eye

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb”, p.229, Princeton University Press

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• Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

  E. B. White

  Beauty, Powerful, Creativity

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• Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water. Life in these hidden worlds is more startling in reality than anything we can imagine. How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures?

  Walt Disney

  Nature, Lying, Flower

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• The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

  Richard Bach

  Fear, Overcoming, Changed

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• I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love.

  Alice Walker

  Life, Thinking, Wonder Love

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• The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Lying, Artist, World

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• I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Leadership, Thank You, Teacher

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Graduation, Future, Eye

  "Locksley Hall" l. 119 (1842)

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• The world is a strange and wonderful place.

  Laurie Anderson

  World, Strange, Wonderful

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• Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Patience, Wisdom

  1902 The Story of My Life.

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  I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

  Gerry Spence

  Life, Faith, Religious

  "How to Argue and Win Every Time". Book by Gerry Spence, 1995.

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• Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Happiness, Being Happy, Thankful

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

  Albert Einstein

  Giving, Enjoy Life, Curiosity

  William Hermanns, Albert Einstein (1983). “Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man”, Branden Publishing Company

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• Always take time to smell the flowers, and let it fill you with beauty, and rediscover that sense of wonder.

  Louis Schwartzberg

  Flower, Smell, Take Time

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• We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

  Thomas Browne

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Journey

  'Religio Medici' (1643) pt. 1, sect. 15

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• No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

  Paulo Coelho

  Beauty, Eye, Doors

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• Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

  R. J. Palacio

  Courage, Kindness, Character

  R. J. Palacio (2017). “The Wonder eOmni Collection: Wonder, Auggie & Me, 365 Days of Wonder”, p.309, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Wonder is the basis of worship.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Worship, Bases

  Thomas Carlyle (1871). “The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.370

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• Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every home, in every school.

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Education, Children, Kindness

  "Just for Animals" quoted in "Souls Like Ourselves" by Andrea Wiebers and David Wiebers, Rochester, MN: Sojourn Press, (p. 16), 2000.

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• See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.

  Ray Bradbury

  Life, Dream, Rest In Peace

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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