#astonishment

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#philosophy #root

The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. ↗

— Max Lerner

#gates #hope #into #kingdom #leads

Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#astonishment #egypt #exercised #fascination #hesitation

I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#dream #find #i #i do #know

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#been #conducting #gotten #i #initial

My good fellow,” said Mesnil, stopping, “ever since the creation of the world there have been men like me specially intended to astonish men...men like you. ↗

— Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

#men