Wonder
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- A book is a garden. A book is an orchard. A book is a storehouse. A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counsellor; it is a multitude of counsellors.
- A grain of living faith, though small as a mustard-seed, is worth a thousand worlds.
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
- A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.
- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (And, significantly, silence is an integral part of all good music...)
- All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.
- Architecture is a handmaid of devotion. A beautiful church is a sermon in stone, and its spire a finger pointing to heaven.
- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to further progress.
- Genius is only a superior power of seeing.
- Go deep enough, there is music everywhere.
- God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.
- He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
- I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
- If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.Rachel CarsonSourced
- In reverence is the chief joy and power of life.
- In the creation, man was made in God's image; in the incarnation, God was made in man's image.
- Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
- It is possible, if you never look up, to live a dull gray life under a blue sky.
- It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
- It’s our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others.
- Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
- Knowledge is not a shop for profit or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate.
- Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
- Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
- Nature is a revelation of God; art is a revelation of man.
- Nature is always beautiful to those who always look for beauty in her.
- Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
- One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
- Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence…And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives.
- People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
- Religious people find God useful. Growing Christians find God beautiful.
- The flower that we do not pluck is the only one that never loses its beauty or its fragrance.
- The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.
- The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- The man who cannot wonder, who does not habitually wonder and worship, is but a pair of spectacles behind which there is no eye.
- The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
- The true voyage of discovery is not a journey to a new place; it is learning to see with new eyes.
- The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
- The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.G. K. ChestertonCommonly attributed
- There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.