#wonder

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Education should aim to cultivate a sense of wonder.

From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton

The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet, going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away, and think this is normal is amazing.

From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

From Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Wonder and curiosity are the foundations of learning.

From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik

For Humboldt, the natural world was a source of wonder and awe.

From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

You are not your worries; you are your wonders.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

The mind is a strange and wonderful place.

From Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

From The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman

Choosing wonder opens up new possibilities.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

From Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Choosing wonder means embracing curiosity and adventure.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

To be religious is to be aware of the depth of life and the wonder of existence.

From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

The more we wonder, the more we learn.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

We may not understand everything about our bodies, but we can appreciate the wonders they perform.

From The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

Wonder fuels creativity and inspires innovation.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

The world is a big, rich, and complex place for a child.

From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik

Wonder allows us to see the world with fresh eyes.

From Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae

The mind's capacity to wonder is its greatest gift.

From The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

From A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson