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AWE QUOTES

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Because philosophy arises from awe,
a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables.
Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
-- Thomas Aquinas

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe,
and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
-- Newton D. Baker

We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and to learn what is good for it. We must learn to cooperate in its processes, and to yield to its limits. But even more important, we must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.
~ Wendell Berry

“We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity. We should be filled with awe and joy at what lies over the horizon. And we should be filled with absolute determination to make the most of it.”
~ Bill Clinton

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
-- Justice William O. Douglas

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
-- Albert Einstein

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
-- Albert Einstein

 

"I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people
convinced that they are about to change the world.
I am more awed by ... those who ... struggle to make one small difference after another."
-- Ellen Goodman

“The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable.
They inspire one with awe.”
-- Napoleon Hill

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect;
but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
-- William Dean Howells

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
-- Immanuel Kant

"With our technologies--ones of incalcuable power: earth-restoring, planet preserving--we can rediscover an intimacy, a mutuality with the natural world, that is not primitive (though based in part on fear), but knowing. It might even be possible to relearn a life of awe. And inhabit the landscape without violation. With the least violation."
~ Janet Kauffman

 

"...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 civilisation, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church, but belonging to everyone, every child in every school."
-- Yehudi Menuhin

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies,
those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
-- John Milton

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."
--Charles Mingus

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall,
I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.
-- Conor Oberst

 

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture. Do not build obstacles in your imagination. Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe
than is the night sky scattered thick with stars.
Llewelyn Powys

“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

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
-- Alex Trebek

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