979 Quotes About Wonder

The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary delights on the outside.But on the inside there is nothing—only the bare gingerbread walls.It is not a real house—not until you decide to add a Gingerbread Room.That’s when the stories can move in.They will stay in residence for as long as you abstain from taking the first gingerbread bite.

The true beauty of Christmas is revealed when we adore the season, not like some weary adult, but like a bubbly little child.

In the infinite dark cosmos, a tiny ball called Earth is floating. Its surface is occupied by even tinier creatures called 'human beings', who wear fancy clothes and speak big words. Seekers start their journey filled with this wonder but soon their wonder gets replaced with theories and stories, scriptures and Gurus. They settle at some ideology or sect and life goes on.

The moon is beautiful partly because we cannot reach it, (the sea is impressive because one can never be sure of crossing it safely. Even the pleasure one takes in a flower — and this is true even of a botanist who knows all there is to be known about the flower is dependent partly on the sense of mystery.

In the time that man has been here there is one thing that all have seen and gazed upon in wonder. Luna.

If God comes before us, perhaps we won’t feel as much wonder as a child feels when she spots a butterfly. Perhaps God already stands before us; we just have to become childlike to be able to see Him.

Why are trees green? Because of Chlorophyll. But why is that green? Because it absorbs all light except green. But why?Why has no answer. Just wonder how and stay in the state of wonder. Accepting an answer of why kills the wonder of how.

Sitting inside the train of Time, we wonder, "Where is it going? What is the purpose of all this?" When we float out of it and experience Timelessness, we realize that there is no coming, no going. Then we come back into the train and start asking the same question.

We can create some information aboutBuffalo, milk and its nutritional values. Wecan exchange that information with each other for money, appreciation etc.A monk living alone in jungle doesn't knowwords such as Buffalo, milk or nutrition. Hejust wonders, "Green grass enters into this big black thing and a white liquid comes out of it. How!" He can't exchange this wonder with anyone but it transports him to eternity.