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> [By cutting ourselves off from the rest of creation, we are left bereft of awe and wonder and therefore of reverence and gratitude. We violate our very beings, and we have nothing but trivia to teach our young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/by-cutting-ourselves-off-from-the-rest-of-creation-we-are-left-bereft/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/matthew-fox-4448_awe_by-cutting-ourselves-off-from-the-rest-o_992482.jpg)

## More by Matthew Fox

> [I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-turn-a-lot-of-stuff-down-big-big-movies-the-kind-i-wouldn-t-want-to/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [We honor life when we work. The type of work is not important: the fact of work is. All work feeds the soul if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/we-honor-life-when-we-work-the-type-of-work-is-not-important-the-fact/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [Evil is the shadow of angel. Just as there are angels of light, support, guidance, healing and defense, so we have experiences of shadow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/evil-is-the-shadow-of-angel-just-as-there-are-angels-of-light-support/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [I'm not really a tropical paradise kind of person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-m-not-really-a-tropical-paradise-kind-of-person/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [We must work on our souls, enlarging and expanding them. We do so by experiencing all of life-the beauty and the joy as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/we-must-work-on-our-souls-enlarging-and-expanding-them-we-do-so-by/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-don-t-think-that-fundamentalism-has-anything-to-do-with-jesus/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [“where does creativity come from? Creativity comes from the Universe itself. “There is music and poetry in the Universe itself — surely we hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/where-does-creativity-come-from-creativity-comes-from-the-universe/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [I didn't learn to swim until I was 21 or something because I grew up in the mountains in Wyoming and all the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-didn-t-learn-to-swim-until-i-was-21-or-something-because-i-grew-up/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [I think you've got to take your time and make sure you're making choices that are smart for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-think-you-ve-got-to-take-your-time-and-make-sure-you-re-making/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [Animals teach us about the animals in ourselves. We need their spirits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/animals-teach-us-about-the-animals-in-ourselves-we-need-their-spirits/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/the-universe-is-in-the-habit-of-making-beauty-there-are-flowers-and/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [“If you don't work on yourself, then much of your politics is merely projections. We have to walk our talk and do the inner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/if-you-don-t-work-on-yourself-then-much-of-your-politics-is-merely/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [Any time I need to be really physical, and a role requires that, you're kind of viscerally activated by being that physical in it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/any-time-i-need-to-be-really-physical-and-a-role-requires-that-you-re/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/i-directed-an-episode-of-party-of-five-toward-the-very-end-of-that/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

> [“Who is this woman who took on the Emporer Barbarosa, comparing him to an infant and a madman, and threatened that God’s sword would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-fox/who-is-this-woman-who-took-on-the-emporer-barbarosa-comparing-him-to/)

[Matthew Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-fox/)

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