When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder. When wonder matures, it peels back experience to seek deeper layers of marvel below. This is science's highest purpose.


"July 13th — Fireflies," page 139 - The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (2012)

David G. Haskell Quotes

When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder. When wonder matures, it peels back experience to...

When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder. When wonder matures, it peels back experience to...

When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder. When wonder matures, it peels back experience to...

When laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder. When wonder matures, it peels back experience to...