Quotes about Wonder

words like 'mystery' and 'soul' and 'the source of life' came in over and over again, as they sat on the bed talking, with nothing to do and nothing to believe and nowhere better to go.

In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.

God left so many fingerprints at the scene of Creation that you wonder — does He want to be found, or does He want to be stopped?

I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers.

There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles.

The hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind.

As a gardener, I'm among those who believe that much of the evidence of God's existence has been planted.

I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?

The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?

Anne reveled in the world of color about her. Oh, Marilla, she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?

It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em, said Captain Jim. When I ponder on them seeds I don't find it nowise hard to believe that we've got souls that'll live in other worlds. You couldn't hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn't seen the miracle, could you?