The more the merely human part of the poet remains a…

“Dixon was not unconscious of this awed reverence which was given to her; nor did she dislike it; it flattered her as much as…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.

— Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

“I clearly understand, first, that the real human being is a poet and, second, that [the tyrant] is the incarnate negation of a poet.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.

— Yehuda Amichai

Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if…

— J. C. Ryle

Reverence is an attitude of honoring life. Reverence automatically brings forth patience. Reverence permits non-judgemental justice. Reverence is a perception of the soul.

— Gary Zukav

People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

All religious vows, codes, and commitments are null & void herein. Please refrain from contaminating the ideosphere with harmful memes through prayer, reverence, holy…

— Greg Erwin

If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.

— Charles Spurgeon

We must turn back to God. We have thrown God out of our homes, schools, colleges and universities and the vacuum so created has…

— Dada J P Vaswani

As we contemplate with reverence and awe how our Savior embraces us, comforts us, and heals us, let us commit to become His hands,…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by…

— Matthew Henry

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn…

— Calvin Coolidge

... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.

— Bell Hooks

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…

— Thomas Jefferson