Quotes About Reverence

Most great architecture is meant to impress the gods.

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 power to choose which impulse we shall follow.

I find it disturbing that religious folk are always suggesting or even demanding we be respectful of religion. Even if we disagree, we are told we must be nice and respect religion's place as equal or superior to the secular, rational position. But giving reverence to religion gives it strength and protects it from the criticism it deserves.

The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.

In a world of insanity, nothing is sacred. It's an insane world, nothing is sacred.

We learn to love imperfect people by serving them out of reverence for a perfect God...

Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!

The holy knowledge is the fear of God.

The fear of God is a fierce faith.

The truest knowledge is the fear of God.

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

I worship him. When I see him lying naked, I feel like saying mass on his chest.

worship. The same is true for believers. Ever

You're shaking … so am I. It's because of Jerusalem, isn't it? One doesn't go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That's one of its mysteries.

Do not make fun of God, even if He is making fun of you.

If the Almighty is the Almighty, the last word for each of us belongs to Him.

We are capable of regaining our reverence for life, of replacing the drive to conquer with the will to cooperate, of remaking our engineered institutions, including our corporations, into living systems.

It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.

Worship is an inward reverence, the bowing down of the soul in the presence of God.

What kind of dog is that? I would always give the same answer: She's a brown dog. Similarly, when the question is raised, What kind of God do you believe in? my answer is easy: I believe in a magnificent God.

In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work …

Because when it all comes together, it's amazing. When it all comes together, the only thing you can do is bow down in gratitude, as if you have been granted an audience with the divine. Because you have.