Michael Scott Quotes

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

Life is full of awe and grace and truth, mystery and wonder. I live in that atmosphere.

It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.

At one level inspiration is the ability to see beauty and mystery in everything men and women do.

Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold to find the silt.

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.

To understand the stars would spoil their appearance.

I thought how lovely and how strange a river is.

Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement ... as if they were lost and desperate.

The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.

I suddenly stopped and looked out at the sea and thought, my God, how beautiful this is ... for 26 years I had never really looked at it before.

We usually don't look. We overlook.

People will notice the beauty of what they usually ignore ~

Maybe some are so busy waiting, they forget what indescribable beauty is right there in front of them.

To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant