A Quote by Christian Wiman

Wonder is the precondition for all wisdom. — © Christian Wiman
Wonder is the precondition for all wisdom.

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My books have three W's on them, which are "words," "wisdom," and "wonder." Words inevitably lead to wisdom, and wisdom inevitably leads to wonder and awe at this phenomenal world around us.
A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Wisdom belongs in wonder.
Of course I've been called everything; Wonder Wonder Woman, Wonder Bra, Wonder Bread.
We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder
The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.
There is an unbroken continuum from the wisdom of the body to the wisdom of the mind, from the wisdom of the individual to the wisdom of the race.
Death is an unsurpassable limit of human existence... We discover the relationship which is the basis for all feelings of reverence, fear, awe, wonder, sorrow, and deference in the face of something greater and more powerful... Only such a being-unto-death can guarantee the precondition that the Da-sein be able to free itself from its absorption in, its submission and surrender of itself to the things and relationships of everyday living and to return to itself.
Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.
Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.
The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads" "Wisdom begins in wonder.
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