People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.

—St Augustine

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us.

—Eugene Ionesco

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy — and dull fantasy at that — as the real world is strange and wonderful.

—Robert A. Heinlein

Life isn’t long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!

—Tasha Tudor

There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.

—John Donne

The more I wonder, the more I love.                        —Alice Walker

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.                                                                —Ralph W. Sockman

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

—Rachel Carson

The moment one gives a close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world unto itself.

—Henry Miller

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.                                               —Eden Phillpots