Reverence Quotes

472 quotes by 332 authors

Reverence is fatal to literature. — E. M. Forster
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. — Thomas Hobbes
We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. — Eric Hoffer
The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the… — Daisaku Ikeda
Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. — Thomas Merton
It's like a jar of salad dressing sitting on a shelf... most of the seasoning settles to the bottom of the bottle. But when you… — Joyce Meyer
Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life. — Roger Tory Peterson
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. — Pythagoras
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love… — John Ruskin
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that… — Margaret Sanger
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life. — Albert Schweitzer
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality. — Albert Schweitzer
If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have. — Franz Schubert
Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief,… — Robert Schumann
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and… — Albert Schweitzer
Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. — Albert Schweitzer
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal. — Albert Schweitzer
Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the… — David Seabury
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. — Henry David Thoreau

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