Adventure Quote by William James

Awe is the emotion of self-transcendence.

— Jonathan Haidt

“psychological sense of spirituality is a feeling of union and transcendence, motivated by compassion, awe, or joy.”

— Steven Stosny

“There seem, in fact, to be only two views we can hold about awe. Either it is a mere twist in the human mind,…

— C.S. Lewis

Awe but faith, without belief in ones self is for naught, just believe in what you believe and then mountains will yield.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Contemplate for a moment hiking up a wild and rugged mountain. The mountain itself is a challenge, as well as the experience of beauty…

— Steve Sanchez

“Spirituality is not just about sitting in a room encountering a mystical god in meditation or about seeing God in a sunset. Awe is…

— Diana Butler Bass

All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation.

— Richard Dawkins

We're all talking about the same thing, whether it's religious people or New Age spiritual people or Buddhists or scientists. We're all talking about…

— Michael Shermer

Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our…

— Elizabeth Aston

It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

— Philip James Bailey

“that is just why a vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work:”

— C.S. Lewis