#wonder

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken awayunless it is surrendered. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#inspirational #wonderful #inspirational

The place where the story happened was a world on the back of four elephants perched on the shell of a giant turtle. That's the advantage of space. It's big enough to hold practically anything, and so, eventually, it does. People think that it is strange to have a turtle ten thousand miles long and an elephant more than two thousand miles tall, which just shows that the human brain is ill-adapted for thinking and was probably originally designed for cooling the blood. It believes mere size is amazing. There's nothing amazing about size. Turtles are amazing, and elephants are quite astonishing. But the fact that there's a big turtle is far less amazing than the fact that there is a turtle anywhere. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor #myth #wonder #design

The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

#certain #certain way #dealing #decades #dumbfounded

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#admire #beauty #creator #expands #i

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#awe #beauty #life #optimism #positivity

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#door #each #i #i wonder #just

When you walk away from a really wonderful job like that, you start messing with everyone's priorities. It's like you're dissing them. ↗

— Sherry Stringfield

#dissing #everyone #job #like #messing

I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them? ↗

— Willie Aames

#death #found #get #i #i see

It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing. ↗

— Joan Allen

#feeling #great #great feeling #i #intoxicating

In my experience, it's all wonderful with girls until about 16. Around that time, boys kind of calm down and start focusing their testosterone. Girls get a little challenging, especially for fathers. ↗

— Tim Allen

#around #calm #calm down #challenging #down