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• He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Eye

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb”, p.229, Princeton University Press

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• Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.

  William James

  Religious, Twilight, Mountain

  William James (2013). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it.

  Benjamin Carson

  Brain, Looks, Humans

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• Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every home, in every school.

  Yehudi Menuhin

  Education, Children, Kindness

  "Just for Animals" quoted in "Souls Like Ourselves" by Andrea Wiebers and David Wiebers, Rochester, MN: Sojourn Press, (p. 16), 2000.

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• The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver. It is truly one of the things that make life worth living and it does so, if anything, more effectively if it convinces us that the time we have for living is quite finite.

  Richard Dawkins

  Passion, Convince Us, Awe And Wonder

  Richard Dawkins (2000). “Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder”, p.10, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Well done is better than well said.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.

  Napoleon Hill

  Effort, Creative, Inspire

  Napoleon Hill, Steve Berges (2010). “Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition”, p.231, American Liberty Press

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• Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Forever, Thankfulness

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  I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

  Gerry Spence

  Life, Faith, Religious

  "How to Argue and Win Every Time". Book by Gerry Spence, 1995.

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• Who is wise?
  He that learns from everyone.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, Contentment

  Benjamin Franklin (1976). “Poor Richard: An Almanack”, David McKay Company

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• Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sloth, Laziness, Easy

  Benjamin Franklin (2011). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Including Poor Richard's Almanac, and Familiar Letters”, p.224, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Everyday, Thankfulness

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• Do not look for signs.
  Do not look for experiences.
  Do not be so complicated.
  Become like a child.
  See everything with awe.

  Robert Adams

  Children, Looks, Complicated

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• I begin to see an object when I cease to understand it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Vision, Objects

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• When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.

  Laozi

  Men, Tao, Disaster

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Religion, Looks, Lessons

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• A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Religion, Stressed

  Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, p.71, Ballantine Books

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• He that can have patience can have what he will.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sports, Patience, Determination

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe

  William Shakespeare

  Strong, Coward, Use

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 310

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• The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.

  Gene Spafford

  Elephants, Mind, Computer

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• Creditors have better memories than debtors.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Memories, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

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• You may delay, but time will not.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.43, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Energy and persistence conquer all things.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Blaine McCormick, Benjamin Franklin (2005). “Ben Franklin: America's original entrepreneur : Franklin's autobiography adapted for modern times”, Entrepreneur Pr

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• Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, Liberty, Poverty

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.24, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, Motivation, Greatest Wealth

  Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

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