proverb · Words worth keeping
Wonder often, the gift of understanding will come.
Wonder often, the gift of understanding will come.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Frequent wonder leading to understanding values curiosity and attentive questioning. The saying portrays insight as something that may come through an open mind.
What the words are saying
Will come makes the outcome sound guaranteed, while gift presents it as more than a mechanical result. A useful application joins curiosity with evidence, study and reflection instead of expecting questioning alone to answer everything. Wonder can remain valuable even when a question is unresolved.
Everyday example
A learner follows a question with observation and study while keeping an uncertain answer open.
When to use it
Use it to discuss curiosity with the work of understanding included.
What it does not mean
No guaranteed answer or complete understanding through wonder alone is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 19; PDF page 10; collection label: Arapaho
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Arapaho