Quotes About Awe

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war, as is of every man, against every man.

one must take into account the shocking fact that we live on a world that spins. After considering this truth, nothing should come as a surprise.

And I succumbed to an ecstatic horror at this insight.

The soft black stars have already begun to fill the sky.

Behold! Behold the black, ungrainèd flesh, The jaw's jeweled hinge that we can barely glimpse …

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

A screaming comes across the sky.

Objects are so far from diminishing, that they magnify the faculties of the soul beholding them. A sand in your conception conformeth your soul, and reduceth it to the size and similitude of a sand, A tree apprehended is a tree in your mind; the whole hemisphere and the heavens magnify your soul to the wideness of the heavens; all the spaces above the heavens enlarge it wider to their own dimensions. And what is without limit maketh your conception illimited and endless.

The world is indeed the beautiful frontispiece of eternity.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence.

To survive, a story must arouse wonder.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

The prince saw the teacher and felt immeasurable joy, A joy that was most extraordinary.

The sensation of flying is incredible, and it's such a miraculous notion to go into the air and see the world without delineation.

I get intimidated by famous people. When I'm around them and they look at me like I belong, I'm like, 'Are you nuts? You're freakin' famous!' Whether it's Elmo or a Beatle or Vince Gill, it's humbling to be in a room with these folks.

Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Tolstoy teaches us that compassion is of value and enriches our life only when compassion is severe, which is to say when we can perceive everything that is good and bad about a character but are still able to feel that the sum of us as human beings is probably a little more good than awful. In any case, good or bad, it reminds us that life is like a gladiators' arena for the soul and so we can feel strengthened by those who endure, and feel awe and pity for those who do not.

There was the old myth of divine intervention. You blasphemed, and a lightning bolt struck you. That was a little steep too. If punishment is at all proportionate to the offense, then power becomes watered. The only way you generate the proper attitude of awe and obedience is through immense and disproportionate power.

Tolstoy teaches us that compassion is of value and enriches our life only when compassion is severe, which is to say that we can perceive everything that is good and bad about a character but are still able to feel that the sum of us as human beings is probably a little more good than awful. In any case, good or bad, it reminds us that life is like a gladiators' arena for the soul and so we can feel strengthened by those who endure, and feel awe and pity for those who do not.

If punishment is at all proportionate to the offense, then power becomes watered. The only way you generate the proper attitude of awe and obedience is through immense and disproportionate power.

Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying?

BaÅŸkalar? doÄŸaya bak?nca orada kendi s?n?rlar?n?, yetersizliklerini, korkular?n? görürler. Sonra kendi zay?fl?klar?ndan korkup doÄŸan?n s?n?rs?zl???, büyüklüÄŸü, derler buna.

I saw you magnificent