What if stars were the glimmering tears of a giant, welling in his cheeks, waiting to fall at the first tender stroke of emotion? What if the moon were a wide-open eye gazing down on our tiny, little world and its tiny, little inhabitants as they rush to and fro in pursuit of tiny, little dreams? What if the sun were the glowing heart of a great beast, pumping hot blood to keep him alive while providing warmth for our pitiful world? Ahhh, imagination; it is a wondrous thing!
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Imagination is the wonder of the wise.
...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?
The best part of the journey is the surprise and wonder along the way.
We write to rekindle the inner spirit.
Do you not wonder about the mysteries of life?
My idea of "goodness" had to do with belonging in a small yet reciprocal way to something huge and beautiful beyond my understanding.
Most days I live awed by the world we have still, rather than mourning the worlds we have lost. The bandit mask of a cedar waxwing on a bare branch a few feet away; the clear bright sun of a frozen winter noon; the rise of Orion in the eastern evening sky-every day, every night, I give thanks for another chance to notice. I see beauty everywhere; so much beauty I often speak it aloud. So much beauty I often laugh, and my day is made.Still if you wanted to, I think, you could feel sadness without end. I__ not even talking about hungry children or domestic violence or endless wars between supposedly grown men_but __ou mustn__ be frightened if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you even seen,' said Rilke, 'you must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in it hand and will not let you fall.
Life is an amazing wonder.
Imagine a world full of love.
Adventures of Lailah Gifty Akita, the wonder woman!
We do not know what happens when we sleep.
Life is beautiful dream.
He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.
Now in the thriving season of lovewhen the bud relents into flower,your love turned absence has turned once more,and if my comforts fall soft as rainon her flutters, it is becauselove grows by what it remembers of love
The wilderness leads to wonder of the moment.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
To wonder is to be wise.