“In the first seat, in robe of various dyes, A noble wildness flashing from his eyes, Sat Shakespeare: in one hand a wand he bore, For mighty wonders fam'd in days of yore: The other held a globe, which to his will Obedient turn'd, and own'd the master's skill: Things of the noblest kind his genius drew, And look'd through nature at a single view: A loose he gave to his unbounded soul, And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll; Call'd into being scenes unknown before, And passing nature's bounds, was something more.” FirstsLooksKindSoulHandsEyeTurnsViewsWonderSeaLandTaughtMastersGeniusSceneSkillsBoundsVariousNoblePassingPassingsSatHis EyesSeatsBoresGlobesObedientRobesWildnessWands Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.” KnowsWellsSoulMightEyeWonderCapacityRemainsHis EyesContemplatingEnchantment Author:Albert Einstein
“It is so wonderful to our neurologists that a man can see without his eyes, that it does not occur to them that is just as wonderful that he should see with them; and that is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual, the wise man wonders at the usual.” MenShouldDoeWisdomEyeDifferencesWonderWiseWonderfulSightHis EyesLatterUnusualUsualUnwiseNeurologists Book:A Year with Emerson: A Daybook Source: A Year with Emerson: A Daybook
“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt is awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” IfsWayArtTwoEyeBeautifulEmotionWonderMysterySourceMiracleStrangerMysteriousHis EyesAweBeautiful ThingsPausesTwo WaysWay To LiveArt And ScienceTrue ArtistsPausingAwe And WonderStrange WorldGood ScienceMysterious ThingsWonder And MysteryMysterious World Author:Albert Einstein
“The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.” MenWorldLittlesHandsEyeWonderMiracleHis EyesLittle Hands Author:Baal Shem Tov