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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes – but is that all?

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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