Awe Quotes - Page 32

• It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no God... Were a man impressed as fully and strongly as he ought to be with the belief of a God, his moral life would be regulated by the force of belief; he would stand in awe of God and of himself, and would not do the thing that could not be concealed from either.

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Religion, Would Be

  Thomas Paine (2015). “The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies”, p.288, Ravenio Books

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Death is the road to awe.

  Fernando Hernandez

  Death, Dying

  "Fictional character: Lord of Xibalba". "The Fountain", www.imdb.com. 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The knowledgeable person lives with a question mark '?' and the man of awe and wonder lives with an exclamation mark.

  Rajneesh

  Love, Men, Exclamation Marks

  8 Copy quote

• Every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are unable now to perceive Him with our physical eyes, we can, if we are watchful, see Him continuously with the eyes of our understanding and not just see Him, but reap great benefits from Him.

  Gregory Palamas

  Spiritual, Eye, Evil

  "The homilies".

  42 Copy quote

  Show source

• I build molecules for a living. I can't begin to tell you how difficult that job is. I stand in awe of God because of what he has done through his creation. My faith has been increased through my research. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.

  James Tour

  Jobs, Atheism, Molecules

  16 Copy quote

• The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Animal, Creating, Mind

  4 Copy quote

• Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.

  Christoph Waltz

  Sondheim

  "'Unchained' Admiration Between Actor And Director". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 18, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It’s such a floating freak show. You get a bit older and you start to see what’s going on backstage in the collective psyche of this ridiculous industry. … Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I’m just another schmuck that they’re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Please Me, Bored, Floating

  11 Copy quote

• The adventure of composition is a mystery. The muse has her ways, she hides from you, comes for you in the middle of the night, at midday, at dawn. You must believe wholeheartedly in this divine power. Its an elusive gift that can appear at any time, anywhere. Artists are in awe of it.

  Mickey Hart

  Believe, Adventure, Artist

  19 Copy quote

• The word compositon moved me spiritually and I made it my aim in life to paint a composition. It affected me like a prayer and filled me with awe.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Prayer, Paint, Made

  9 Copy quote

• These beautiful days ... do not exist as mere pictures - maps hung upon the walls of memory to brighten at times when touched by association or will ... They saturate themselves into every part of the body and live always.

  John Muir

  Beautiful, Wall, Memories

  John Muir, Peter Browning (1988). “John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations”, p.16, Great West Books

  48 Copy quote

  Show source

• A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.

  Rachel Carson

  Beautiful, Children, Garden

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.20, Open Road Media

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers, they arouse and animate our own people.

  Henry Clay

  Character, People, Deeds

  Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: The Rising Statesman 1815--1820”, p.149, University Press of Kentucky

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• Not 'Revelation'-'tis that waits/ But our unfurnished eyes

  Emily Dickinson

  Eye, Waiting, Revelations

  Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.228, Harvard University Press

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.

  Bayard Taylor

  Jerusalem, Emotion, Assuming

  Bayard Taylor (1862). “Prose Writings of Bayard Taylor ...”, p.85

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am curious about many things, and find the world around me, and the people and objects and things in it, equally fascinating. There is a great deal of that awe and wonder in me.

  William Shatner

  Awe And Wonder, People, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the mystery of life.

  Oskar Kokoschka

  Responsibility, Soul, Generations

  Oskar Kokoschka, Marlborough Gallery (1981). “Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980): memorial exhibition”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence.

  Khalil Gibran

  Dream, Kings, Men

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.

  John Milton

  Men, Law, Female

  John Bell, Joseph Addison, John Banks, Michael Arne, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Caractacus”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and awe- - that is described by the torrent, the flame, and every other instance of irresistible impetuosity.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Flames, Lightning, Astonishment

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductions”, p.131

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Misers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him.

  William Shenstone

  Reason, Approach, Misers

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.148

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I read Spencer Madsen’s poetry, I not only feel awe because he’s so good, one of the best, but I also think about how everything in the world is happening at the same time, and how the world we get to know is so heavily edited down. It’s the hugest, weirdest feeling. I wish Spencer Madsen could be everywhere at once. I really love You Can Make Anything Sad.

  Dennis Cooper

  Love You, Thinking, Feelings

  6 Copy quote

• As its best, SF is the medium in which our miserable certainty that tomorrow will be different from today in ways we cant predict, can be transmuted to a sense of excitement and anticipation, occasionally evolving into awe. Poised between intransigent scepticism and uncritical credulity, it is par excellence the literature of the open mind.

  John Brunner

  Mind, Excellence, Different

  4 Copy quote

• What better way to learn about life in the ocean--and how we are changing it--than through stories of blind zombie worms, immortal jellyfish, and unicorns of the sea? The Extreme Life of the Sea is an insightful book that inspires awe and wonder about our ocean, and brilliantly shows us the immense possibilities of life on Earth.

  Enric Sala

  Ocean, Book, Sea

  38 Copy quote

• I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while. Did that mean awesome things had disappeared from my life? No. What it did mean was that I'd gotten too caught up in distractions and mind mucking to recognize anything as awe-inspiring. . . . I hadn't been paying attention to the beauty around me.

  Sue Thoele

  Mean, Mind, Attention

  Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.98, New Harbinger Publications

  4 Copy quote

  Show source