Awe Quotes

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They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried. — Tim O'Brien
Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act… — David Mamet
Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to… — Malcolm Gladwell
Isn't it a riddle . . . and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful? Despite the horror. Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious peering… — Sophie Scholl
I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As… — Dave Pelzer
Throughout his life, Albert Einstein would retain the intuition and the awe of a child. He never lost his sense of wonder at the magic… — Walter Isaacson
The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let the… — Margaret Atwood
The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent… — A. J. Jacobs
My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the… — Carlos Castaneda
Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows -… — Khalil Gibran
There are in life a few moments so beautiful,that even words are a sort of profanity. — Diana Palmer
Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. — Norman Vincent Peale
[True beauty] seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite. It connects you with everything and fills you with awe… — Justina Chen
How vast was a human being's capacity for suffering. The only thing you could do was stand in awe of it. It wasn't a question… — Janet Fitch
What does it mean to grow rich? Is it to have red-blooded adventures and to make a â€˜fortune,â€™ which is what brought the whalers and… — Barry Lopez
How can we find spiritual meaning in a scientific worldview? Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of oneâ€™s place in… — Michael Shermer
After telling the hard facts to anyone from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes. Often it is awe or admiration, sometimes it… — Alice Sebold
The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is… — Barbara Mertz
Well, I canâ€™t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when… — Oscar Wilde
As never before, he understood the vitality of tradition, the dignity of the worship of what had existed before one's own self had come into… — Nancy Holder

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