Awe Quotes

565 Awe quotes by 458 unique authors

I work to drive the awe away, yet awe impels the work. — Emily Dickinson
AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow… — Emily Dickinson
There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be… — Dorothy Parker
All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways… — Homer
I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our… — Albert Einstein
I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things,… — Alice Walker
We all reject out of hand the idea that the love of our life may be something light or weightless; we presume our love is… — Milan Kundera
I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage: but doth not… — William Shakespeare
The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is… — Richard Dawkins
...you find yourself studying the fine colors on the river, you feel wonder and awe at the setting of the sun, and you are filled… — Tim O'Brien
To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees. — Paul Valery
the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing:… — Nikos Kazantzakis
...because when beauty awes you, you must halt and try to catch your breath and your staggered heart. — Kate Elliott
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. — Blaise Pascal
God was gone; it was the silence of his departure. It was a rainy night. It was the myth of the rainy night. Dean was… — Jack Kerouac
Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given,… — Mark Helprin
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,… — Carl Sagan
Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any "great ideal" which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting pain on their… — Bertrand Russell
Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow, wow! Look at… — Anne Lamott
Let's be in awe which doesn't mean anything but the courage to gape like fish at the surface breaking around our mouths as we meet… — Mark Nepo
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

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