Believe, then act.

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
-- SAINT AUGUSTINE --

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
-- E.E. CUMMINGS --

Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
-- NEIL ARMSTRONG --

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: overcome fear, behold wonder.
-- RICHARD BACH --

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

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?
-- ZHUANGZI --

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
-- JOSE ORTEGA y GASSET --

Wisdom begins in wonder.
-- SOCRATES --

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
-- RALPH WALDO EMERSON --

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
-- ALBERT EINSTEIN --

From wonder into wonder existence opens.
-- LAO TZU --

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

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
-- ANAIS NIN --

Any genuine philosophy leads to action, and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
-- HENRY MILLER --

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
-- THOMAS AQUINAS --

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
-- RAY BRADBURY --

Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them.
-- GEORGE HENRY LEWES --

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
-- JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH --

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
-- BETTE DAVIS --

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
-- M. C. ESCHER --

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.
-- RAY BRADBURY --

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Phlight of the Phoenix

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Believe, then act.

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