Sense Of Wonder Quotes

• If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

  Ray Bradbury

  Philosophy, Positive Thinking, Medicine

  "Legendary Sci-Fi Author Ray Bradbury Passed Away Today at Age 91" by Ethan Anderton, www.firstshowing.net. June 6, 2012.

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• If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children 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, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength.

  Rachel Carson

  Nature, Children, Years

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.20, Open Road Media

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• It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.

  Rachel Carson

  Beauty, Nature, Humility

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• The sense of wonder, that is our sixth sense.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Wonder, Sixth Sense

  D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2004). “D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles”, p.132, Cambridge University Press

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• The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

  Anais Nin

  Spiritual, Life Lesson, Knowledge

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  If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, 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 Carson

  Life, Motivational, Family

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.20, Open Road Media

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• All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder.

  Richard Louv

  Spiritual, Nature, Wonder

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• It is not half so important to know as to feel.

  Rachel Carson

  Important, Half, Silent Spring

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.21, Open Road Media

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• As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Appreciation, Civilization, Mind

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism”, p.46, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Rachel Carson

  Children, Creativity, Awe And Wonder

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.20, Open Road Media

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• My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

  Albert Einstein

  Wonder, Universe

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• The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Stupid People, Intelligence, Idiot

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• Our sense of wonder is a blessing from God, given so that we would be continually amazed at His beauty and creation.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Blessing, Would Be, Wonder

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• The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

  Doug Henning

  Art, Joy, Magic

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• He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

  Douglas Adams

  Life, Inspiring, Dream

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.18, Pan Macmillan

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• Many people think they are too refined, or too rational, to entertain a real sense of wonder in themselves or in others. This is preposterous to me, since the natural world is full of endless wonders, both on Earth and especially in space, no matter how you think it was created.

  Garry Kasparov

  Real, Thinking, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

  Rachel Carson

  Inspirational, Time, Nature

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make us consider that we should trust our intuition as they trust theirs and to help us realize that a thing known intuitively can be as real as anything known by material experience.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Real, Intuition

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• I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger. May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Life, Hope, May

  Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance

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• Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

  Andrea Thompson

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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  It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

  Stephen Hawking

  Asking Why, People, Important

  "Q & A: Stephen Hawking and daughter Lucy". Today interview, www.today.com. November 2, 2007.

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• The comprehensibility of the world seems to me a wonder or eternal secret. Here lies the sense of wonder which increases even more with the development of our knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Lying, Secret, Development

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• How frightful a thing it is for the preacher when he becomes accustomed to his work, when his sense of wonder departs, when he gets used to the unusual, when he loses his solemn fear in the presence of the High and Holy One; when, to put it bluntly, he gets a little bored with God and heavenly things.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Bored, Littles

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• Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even in a flea: the sense of wonder. That is our sixth sense, and it is the natural religious sense.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Religious, Elements, May

  'Hymns in a Man's Life'. Collected in Pheonix II: Uncollected, Unpublished and Other ProseWorks (1968).

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• At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest tales are told over and over, in many ways, through centuries. Fantasy changes with the changing times, and yet it is still the oldest kind of tale in the world, for it began once upon a time, and we haven't heard the end of it yet.

  Patricia A. McKillip

  Lying, Heart, Once Upon A Time

  Patricia A. McKillip (2016). “Dreams of Distant Shores”, p.266, Tachyon Publications

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