A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
In plain words
To a kid, the world is brand new and full of amazing things.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Wikiquote Sourced section, The Sense of Wonder (1965) -- Carson's own finished essay, published the year after her death; not a compiled quote book.
- The Sense of Wonder
- 1965 · Maine coast, USA · An essay about keeping a child's curiosity alive
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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.
Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.
Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.
Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.
Victor Hugo
PlatoI don't study to know more, but to ignore less.Sor Juana Inés de la CruzThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.William ShakespeareWe live in a beautiful and wonderful world, and the more you know about it the wiser and the better you will be.Louisa May AlcottThese are times in which a genius would wish to live.Abigail AdamsPhilosophy is the microscope of the thought.Victor Hugo