#wonder

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, should consider itself a lonely outsider in this universe?

When we open our eyes and look at the world without words, what is seen is just this: a magnificent, shimmering dance of energy.

If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water.

You are the eyes through which the cosmos gazes upon its own glory.

He who has not the spirit of philosophy will wander through life as a stranger in his own home.

It is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

The trailing clouds of glory are never completely dispersed from our consciousness.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

The touch of the infinite is felt in the gentle breeze of evening.

Between every two pines there is a door to a new world.

Let wisdom be your companion and wonder your daily guide.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

Look at life with fresh eyes every single morning.

Innocence is the capacity to meet life without prejudice.

Present moment wonderful moment.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting—a wayside sacrament.

The infant gazes all day without blinking because its focus is not caught in self-conscious calculation.

Cast off your cleverness, dismantle your intellectual cages, and return to pristine wonder.