“A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.” WorldChildrenBeautifulLostWonderVisionClearGardenInstinctExcitementAweMisfortunesAdulthoodInner ChildSense Of WonderChildren PlayingSilent SpringChildren And Nature Book:The Sense of Wonder Source: The Sense of Wonder
“The ignorant frighten children with ghosts, and the better educated assure them there is no such thing. Our understanding may believe the latter, but our instincts believe the former; so that, out of this education, we retain the terror, and just believe enough to make it very troublesome whenever we are placed in circumstances that awaken it.” BelieveMayChildrenEnoughUnderstandingCircumstancesInstinctTerrorGhostIgnorantEducatedFormerLatterTroublesomeJust Believe Book:The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers Source: The night-side of nature; or, Ghosts and ghost-seers