If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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WONDER/MYSTERY/AWE

1.    As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. ~Charles Morgan

2.    From wonder into wonder existence opens. ~Lao Tzu

3.    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

4.    If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. ~Rachel Carson

5.    If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ~Buddha

6.    If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ~Buddha

7.    It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. ~Rachel Carson

8.    Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup. ~Sara Teasdale

9.    Take time to marvel at the wonders of life. ~Gary W. Fenchuk

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

11.  The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. ~Albert Einstein

12.  The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton

13.  To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. ~Jose Ortega y Gasset

14.  To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. ~Jose Ortega y Gasset

15.  Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder. ~Jimmy Carter

16.  Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young. ~Mark Twain

17.  Wonder is music heard in the heart, is voiceless. ~Rosemary Dobson

18.  Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ~Abraham J. Heschel