Awe Quotes

565 quotes by 458 authors

Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge. — William James
We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe. — Harold S. Kushner
I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is… — Madeleine L'Engle
There are celestial sights more dazzling, spectacles that inspire more awe, but to the thoughtful observer who is privileged to see them well, there is… — Percival Lowell
Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition. — E. W. Howe
When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men's souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort, wealth and the… — Winston Churchill
But more impressive than the facts and figures as to height, width, age, etc., are the entrancing beauty and tranquility that pervade the forest, the… — George MacDonald
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. — Timothy Keller
I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use… — Andrew Dominik
Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by… — John Updike
I can sometimes sit for two hours in a room with almost no thought. Just complete stillness. Sometimes when I go for walks, there's also… — Eckhart Tolle
The adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in it and awe of it,… — Henry Beston
In a deep moment of love, thinking stops. The moment is so intriguing, the moment is so tremendously powerful, the moment is so intensely alive,… — Rajneesh
The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God. — Matt Chandler
Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend. — Timothy Keller
Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality. — Timothy Keller
We can express our worship to God in many ways. But if we love the Lord and are led by His Holy Spirit, our worship… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality. — Nikki Giovanni

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