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“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

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Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings

“The religion of our fathers overhung us children like the shadow of a mighty tree against the trunk of which we rested, while we looked up in wonder through the great boughs that half hid and half revealed the sky. Some of the boughs were already decaying, so that perhaps we began to see a little more of the sky than our elders; but the tree was sound at its heart.”

Heart Children Littles Religion Father Sound Half Wonder Tree Sky Shadow Elders Our Father Trunks

Author:Lucy Larcom

“This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral.”

Science Religion Universe Wonder Museums Cathedrals

Author:John Archibald Wheeler

“We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.”

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Book:The Orthodox Way

Source: The Orthodox Way

“The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.”

Wells Looks Two Faces Used Religion Known Wonder Laughing Well Known Remarks Cato

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Both magic and religion are based strictly on mythological tradition, and they also both exist in the atmosphere of the miraculous, in a constant revelation of their wonder-working power. They both are surrounded by taboos and observances which mark off their acts from those of the profane world.”

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Book:Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

Source: Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays