Awe And Wonder quotes
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me."
"Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me... Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."
"Curiosity has its own reason for existence."
"If I had influence with the good fairy... I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life."
"One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality."
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"In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him."
"We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet."
"To early man, trees were objects of awe and wonder. The mystery of their growth, the movement of their leaves and branches, the way they seemed to die and come again to life in spring, the sudden growth of the plant from the seed - all these appeared to be miracles as indeed they still are, miracles of nature!"