You can still drink in the beauty, and think and wonder at the meaning of what you see.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “Help your child to wonder,” Woman’s Home Companion, July 1956, p47; Visually checked original magazine cover/date/author and printedp47, including stargazing paragraph: wonder remains possible without knowing star names. PDF has no text layer; excerpt manually transcribed from scan.18words. Later e
- “Help your child to wonder,” Woman’s Home Companion, July 1956, p47
More from Rachel Carson
See allNature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it.
Rachel CarsonThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.Rachel CarsonWonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.Rachel CarsonThe aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth.Rachel CarsonEvery mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.Rachel CarsonI sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel.Rachel Carson
Rachel CarsonThose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.Rachel CarsonWonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.Rachel CarsonThe aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth.Rachel CarsonEvery mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.Rachel CarsonI sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel.Rachel CarsonMore inspiration
See allYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor RooseveltNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor RooseveltLittle strokes fell great oaks.
Benjamin FranklinEnergy and persistence conquer all things.Benjamin FranklinWell done is better than well said.Benjamin FranklinIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Frederick Douglass
Eleanor RooseveltNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor RooseveltLittle strokes fell great oaks.Benjamin FranklinEnergy and persistence conquer all things.Benjamin FranklinWell done is better than well said.Benjamin FranklinIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.Frederick Douglass