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Wonder Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
- Our moods do not believe in each other. To-day I am full of thoughts, and can write what I please. I see no reason why…
- I do not wonder at a snowflake, a shell, a summer landscape, or the glory of the stars; but at the necessity of beauty under…
- Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
- The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what,…
- The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.
- That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not…
- The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
- Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what,…
More Wonder Quotes
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more… — Chinua Achebe
- '1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
- Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of… — Saint Augustine
- As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters,… — Diane Ackerman
- The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. — Teresa of Avila
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His… — Teresa of Avila
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman
- The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
- The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No… — Amitabh Bachchan
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot