Robert Fulghum Quotes

Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is found wanting.

Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

What a dull world if we knew all about geese!

It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.

Anyone who has had an experience of mystery knows that there is a dimension of the universe that is not that which is available to his senses. There is a pertinent saying in one of the Upanishads: When before the beauty of a sunset or of a mountain you pause and exclaim, ‘Ah,’ you are participating in divinity. Such a moment of participation involves a realization of the wonder and sheer beauty of existence. People living in the world of nature experience such moments every day. They live in the recognition of something there that is much greater than the human dimension.

Wonder is not precisely knowing.

Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn’t hurt.)

There's a little bit of magic in every box!

The possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise.

It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.

The mystery was gone but the amazement was just starting.

The unknown always passes for the marvellous.

No, explanation is not needed - only exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And truth liberates.

We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.

Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. "Life" plus "significance" = magic.

The opportunities for infinite possibility exist no matter what age we are.

Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.

Show a little faith, there's magic in the night.