“Knowledge and wonder are the dyad of our worthy lives as intellectual beings. Voyager did wonders for our knowledge, but performed just as mightily in the service of wonder—and the two elements are complementary, not independent or opposed. The thought fills me with awe—a mechanical contraption that could fit in the back of a pickup truck, traveling through space for twelve years, dodging around four giant bodies and their associated moons, and finally sending exquisite photos across more than four light-hours of space from the farthest planet in our solar system.”

“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”

“Wonder is the desire of knowledge.”

“Wonder is the seed of knowledge”

“I wonder if time-traveling cultures are playing with us. I wonder if they process our history for entertainment values.”

“Knowledge is finite. Wonder is infinite.”

“And I shall get to know you
In these lifetimes
In awe and wonder
On down through the years
The nighttime angel spreads her wings around me
I feel the silence
And my doubts are cleared.”

“But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.”

“The god of Consumer Christianity does not inspire awe and wonder because he is nothing more than a commodity to be used for our personal satisfaction and self-achievement.”

“For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.”