Wonder is the basis of worship

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Wonder Quotes

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A...

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished...

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers...

They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers...

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that...

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that...