Reverence Quotes

472 quotes by 332 authors

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let there be beauty… — Doreen Valiente
She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a… — Louisa May Alcott
Because, you see, Godâ€”whatever anyone chooses to call Godâ€”is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own… — Ayn Rand
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
Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick… — Margaret Fuller
You know how it is when two souls meet in a burst of ecstatic volubility, with hearts tickling to hear and to tell, to know… — Martin Amis
I found in myself, and still find, an instinct toward a higher, or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and another… — Henry David Thoreau
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Speaking the Lordâ€™s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We… — Spencer W. Kimball
For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love… — Erich Maria Remarque
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a… — Thomas Merton
I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, hide himself in such reverence. — William Shakespeare
The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice of vocation that sanctity and reverence enter into… — Wendell Berry
All you need is already within you, only you must approach your self with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors. Your constant… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts… — Charles Simic
Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality. Authentic Christianity should… — Brennan Manning
Kira, the highest thing in man is not his god. It's that in him which knows the reverence due a god. And you, Kira, are… — Ayn Rand
There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate… — Clint Eastwood
Blanche: No, I have the misfortune of being an English instructor. I attempt to instill a bunch of bobby-soxers and drugstore Romeos with a reverence… — Tennessee Williams

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