“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”
Immanuel Kant
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Amazing Quotes
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Amazing Quotes
Read 200 amazing quotes about wonder, the universe, nature and the miracles of everyday life from Shakespeare, Newton, Whitman, Emerson and more.
“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
Plato
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“For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.”
Aristotle
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“Wonder, which is the seed of knowledge.”
Francis Bacon
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“The highest which man can attain is wonder.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Wonder is the basis of worship.”
Thomas Carlyle
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“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”
G. K. Chesterton
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“It is possible that God says every morning, 'Do it again' to the sun; and every evening, 'Do it again' to the moon.”
G. K. Chesterton
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“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
William Shakespeare
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“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!”
William Shakespeare
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“O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all whooping!”
William Shakespeare
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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
William Shakespeare
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“If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting.”
Charles Kingsley
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“The universe is wider than our views of it.”
Henry David Thoreau
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“Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature - daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it - rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks!”
Henry David Thoreau
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“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”
Walt Whitman
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“Why, who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know of nothing else but miracles.”
Walt Whitman
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“A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; how could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.”
Walt Whitman
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“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, one clover, and a bee, and revery.”
Emily Dickinson
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“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
Emily Dickinson
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“Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night; what immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
William Blake
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“What is now proved was once only imagin'd.”
William Blake
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About Amazing Quotes
The world is full of amazing things: a sky full of stars, a single flower, the human mind, the simple fact that we are here at all. Great thinkers have always been filled with wonder, and many believed that wonder is where all wisdom, science and poetry begin.
This collection brings together 200 amazing quotes about wonder, the universe, nature and the miracles of everyday life from philosophers, scientists and poets, including William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Immanuel Kant and Rabindranath Tagore. Read them slowly, and let them remind you how extraordinary ordinary life really is.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Amazing quotes.
What is the most amazing quote ever written?
Immanuel Kant's line about the starry heavens above and the moral law within is often called one of the most amazing quotes in philosophy. Shakespeare's "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy" is another famous favourite.
What are some amazing quotes about the universe?
Isaac Newton described himself as a boy playing on the seashore while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered, and Thoreau wrote that the universe is wider than our views of it. Both capture the awe of a universe far bigger than we understand.
What did famous philosophers say about wonder?
Plato and Aristotle both believed that philosophy begins with wonder, and Goethe called wonder the highest thing a person can reach. Chesterton added that the world never runs out of wonders, only of people willing to wonder.
What are amazing quotes about nature?
Walt Whitman said a single morning-glory satisfied him more than books of philosophy, and Wordsworth wrote that even the smallest flower can stir thoughts too deep for tears. These quotes remind us to notice the everyday beauty around us.
What are short amazing quotes for Instagram captions?
Try "The universe is wider than our views of it," "The world is charged with the grandeur of God," "Glory be to God for dappled things," or "What is now proved was once only imagin'd." They work well with nature, travel and night-sky photos.
Why is it important to keep a sense of wonder?
Wonder keeps us curious, humble and open to learning, and many great discoveries in science and art began with a simple question. As Chesterton suggested, the world is always full of wonders; the real challenge is to keep noticing them.