“I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.” PeopleWorldWarEndsWould BeChallengesWonderEconomyCenturyApproachMeetingsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiCapitalistWorld War I21st Century Author:Sanford I. Weill
“The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas.” FirstsChildrenWonderSeaApproachRiversSeasonsFishesBoatAweLakesFishingFishermanSense Of Wonder Author:John D. Voelker
“It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.” KnowsHas BeensSaidWonderFoodApproachCookingCulinaryOdorGarlic Author:George Ellwanger
“When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the treasures another person can provide. We calculate their value to us. When we approach relationships in this manner, we are coming as beggars, seeing the other as a source of supply. When we can enter a relationship with our treasure house already open, there is no end to the wonders we can find, both within and between ourselves and another.” FirstsPersonsEndsValuesHouseWonderRelationshipSeeingSourceApproachTreasureBeggar Book:Zen and the Art of Falling in Love Source: Zen and the Art of Falling in Love
“Being a father can unreason your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. Its sad that childrens open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.” PlayFatherFunWonderApproachFunctionInsightFadesMinimumAdolescenceFlexibleWorldviewFadingBeing A FatherFathering Author:Clyde Edgerton
“There are actually two approaches to reside your daily life. One is as if absolutely nothing is really a miracle. The other is as if every little thing is a wonder” IfsLittlesTwoWonderApproachMiracleDaily LifeLittle ThingsAbsolutely Nothing Author:Albert Einstein
“People have tried to put me in a box my whole life. I'm too tall. I'm too pretty. Too Miss USA. Wonder Woman. Prettiest woman in the world. And all of that. It doesn't matter because I've gone my own way and have tried to approach my career from a gut level, doing what I thought was right.” PeopleWorldWayMatterWholeMy OwnLevelsWonderCareersGoneMissingApproachBoxesWhole LifeUsaGutsTallPrettiestWonder Woman Author:Lynda Carter
“One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken. We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words - an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words - is an essential prerequisite for prayer. By the word of God the world was created.” WorldUseTodaySpiritPrayerForgetWonderMysteryAwarenessBrokenEssentialsApproachMajorsToolsTragedyCrisisOur TimeOur WorldWord Of GodReverenceSensitivitySymptomsVesselWorld TodayPrerequisites Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“With the Holocaust - I wonder if a lot of Jewish writers of my generation have felt this way - it feels really intimidating to approach it. I feel like so many writers who have either lived through it firsthand or were part of that generation where they were closer to the people who were in it have written so beautifully about it, so there's no lack of great books about it” PeopleIfsWayFeelsBookFeltWonderWrittenGenerationsApproachHolocaustIntimidatingMy GenerationGreat Book Author:Molly Antopol
“The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.” PeopleProblemWinningWonderPoliticianApproachRationality Author:Martin Schulz