"Tread softly as you draw near to the……" — Jennifer Worth
"Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones, with awe and reverence, as you would in a cathedral. Let not the mind engage in trivial thoughts. The awesome majesty of Death can only be met in silence."
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Jennifer Worth
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17 Quotes by Jennifer Worth
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I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching,…
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Health is the greatest of God's gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as…
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I am forced to the conclusion that modern medicine does not know it all.
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There is a greater gift than the trust of others. That is to trust in oneself. Some might call it…
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Quite honestly, a baby covered in blood, still slightly blue, eyes screwed up, in the first few minutes after birth,…
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Love doesn't adhere to time and boundaries does it? It just is.
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The shell must be broken before the bird can fly.
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That's the trouble, I can't forget him. He was everything to me, except mine.
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Their devotion showed me there were no versions of love there was only... Love. That it had no equal and…
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I've loved someone since I was seventeen but I can't have him and I can't give him up. So until…
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Was it love of people?' I asked her. 'Of course no,' she snapped sharply. 'How can you love ignorant, brutish…
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Now and then in life, love catches you unawares, illuminating the dark corners of your mind, and filling them with…
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More Awe Quotes
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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find…
— Saint Augustine
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
— Walter Bagehot
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of…
— Theodore Bikel
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
— William Blake
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
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No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do…
— David Bowie
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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt…
— Sandra Bullock
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I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope…
— Sandra Bullock
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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