Home / Topics / Wonder Quotes

Wonder Quotes

Browse 6498 quotes about Wonder.

Wonder Quotes

“So often I wonder whether it is my right to capitalize, as I feel, so often, on the grief of others. But then I justify, in my own particular thoughts, by feeling that I can contribute a little to the understanding of what others are going through; then there is reason for doing it.”

Feels Littles I Can Reason Feelings Understanding My Own Grief Wonder Particular Justify

Book:Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves

Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.”

“By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with what I love - the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun, all that we mean when we speak of the external world. I want to enter into it, to be part of it, to live in it, to learn from it, to lose all that is superficial and acquired in me and to become a conscious, direct human being. I want, by understanding myself, to understand others.”

World Want Humans Mean Earth Speak Understanding Loses Human Beings Wonder Sun Sea Conscious Adults Direct Contact Breathing Superficial Breathing Life Understanding Myself

Book:Stories. Selected,

Source: Stories. Selected,

“As to ethics, unfortunately, we are still at sea. We never did have any popular base for what little ethics we knew, except the religious theories, and now that our faith is shaken in those theories we cannot account for ethics at all. It is no wonder we behave badly, we are literally ignorant of the laws of ethics, which is the simplest of sciences, the most necessary, the most continuously needed. The childish misconduct of our 'revolted youth' is quite equaled by that of older people, and neither young nor old seem to have any understanding of the reasons why conduct is 'good' or 'bad.”

Source: The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography

“One would wonder to hear skeptical men disputing for the reason of animals, and telling us it is only our pride and prejudices that will not allow them the use of that faculty. Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation, or the continuance of his species. Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Take a brute out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of understanding.”

Source: The spectator

“Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.”

Understanding Wonder Deeper Precious Things Deeper Understanding

Book:Wonders of life

Source: Wonders of life

“When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the way I think you, and PTA, and Fincher are born directors. Maybe some people's talent is in understanding the ways that film communicates, without dialogue, without plot.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Film Understanding Born Natural Wonder Talent Directors Communicate Dialogue Plot Pta

Author:Edward Norton

“There is so much wonder and joy in science, about understanding how the world works and why the world is the way it is. It's not just for academics. It is a thing that's available to everyone.”

World Way Joy Understanding Wonder Available

Author:Dallas Campbell

“We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.”

Life Stories Enjoy Understanding Wonder Our Lives Lays Storytelling Narrative Live Life Movie Filmmaking Living My Life Watchers Live Life Happy Layout

Author:Donald Glover

“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.”

“Ever wonder how much patience you should have with someone, you know, before you lose your temper? Infinite. But careful now. That doesn't mean you have to wait for them, stay with them, or hang around them. Lord no, it just means that for as long as you choose to keep them in your life, understanding them, not changing them, is everything.”

Knows Should Mean Long Spiritual Waiting Understanding Loses Wonder Lord Should Have Infinite Careful Temper You Choose

Book:Even More Notes From the Universe: Dancing Life's Dance

Source: Even More Notes From the Universe: Dancing Life's Dance