Quotes about Wonder

The devotee of myth is in a way a philosopher, for myth is made up of things that cause wonder.

It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.

Men were first led to the study of philosophy, as indeed they are today, by wonder.

Das Leben ist unendlich seltsamer als alles, was der menschliche Geist erfinden könnte.

it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.

It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause. The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved to its depth by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.

At whose sight all the stars hide their diminish'd heads.

But we also need stories. Great stories.

childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator.

All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.

A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.

There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. C. S. LEWIS