Quotes about Wonder
But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
— CS Lewis
We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it...
— George Eliot
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
— Mark Twain
Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything.
— Gregory of Nyssa
Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything.
— Gregory of Nyssa
The greatest miracle of all time, without any close seconds, is the universe. It is the miracle of all miracles, one that ineluctably points with the combined brightness of every star to something - or Someone - beyond itself.
— Eric Metaxas
Christians recognize that our planet was uniquely designed and fine-tuned to support life - and that's putting it mildly. Our place in the universe is nothing less than a miracle.
— Eric Metaxas
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
— Francois Rabelais
Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal.
— Pope John Paul II
Without wonder, men and women would lapse into deadening routine and little by little would become incapable of a life which is genuinely personal.
— Pope John Paul II
When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
— Octavia Spencer
Imagination is the true magic carpet.
— Norman Vincent Peale