Saved by Molly Simpson
Seven Wonders by Lewis Thomas
For, the wise G. K. Chesterton observed, “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”
fee.org • I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read - Foundation for Economic Education
Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.
Alan Watts • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
We live in a state of perpetual dissociation from the almost unbearable wonder of being alive. Wonder is always an edge state, its edge so sharp it threatens to rupture the mundane and sever us from what we mistake for reality — the TV, the townhouse, the trauma narrative. If we fell asleep each night remembering “the singularity we once were” and ... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
