Reverence Quotes

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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. — Bodhidharma
Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts,… — Bodhidharma
It would seem to me that If this physical life, of which we are now aware, does indeed comprise the entirety of human experience, then… — Derek R. Audette
People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and… — Wendell Berry
To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer… — Frederick Lenz
Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence. — George Eliot
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by… — Michel de Montaigne
The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew… — Ambrose Bierce
The dreamer's valuation of a thing lost - not another man's - is the only standard to measure it by, and his grief for it… — Mark Twain
A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a… — Sam Walter Foss
Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then… — Bill Joy
Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and perseverance.… — Cennino Cennini
Humility is the mother of many virtues because from it obedience, fear, reverence, patience, modesty, meekness and peace are born. He who is humble easily… — Thomas of Villanova
Science enhances the moral value of life, because it furthers a love of truth and reverence-love of truth displaying itself in the constant endeavor to… — Max Planck
If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence… — Thomas Aquinas
Only as a child's awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development. — Rachel Carson
Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the… — Saint Basil

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