Quotes About Awe

Jupiter now filled the entire sky; it was so huge that neither mind nor eye could grasp it any longer, and both had abandoned the attempt. If it had not been for the extraordinary variety of color—the reds and pinks and yellows and salmons and even scarlets—of the atmosphere beneath them, Bowman could have believed that he was flying low over a cloudscape on Earth.

If a man from medieval times could have seen this red-lit city, and the beings moving through it, he would certainly have believed himself in Hell. Even Jan, for all his curiosity and scientific detachment, found himself on the verge of unreasoning terror. The absence of a single familiar reference point can be utterly unnerving even to the coolest and clearest of minds.

The stars are not for Man.

My God -- it's full of stars!

But for goodness sake, Frank— forget you're an engineer, and simply enjoy the view.

oh my God - it's full of stars!

There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.

My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.

In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

I am caught in a kind of wonder, I am still with joy.

Looking up as she did immediately, she saw immeasurable space, traveling past the locked hands of the trees, past the large nodding implacable heads, up and into the silence of the sky, where the stars remained, indifferent.

The world is its own magic.

On the East Coast, sunrise will steal the breath right out of your body.

There is so much writ upon the parchment of leaves, So much of beauty blown upon the winds, I can but fold my hands and sink my knees In the leaf pages. —James Still

none of us can know the mind of God. He's too big for that.

At night I would climb the steps to the Sacre-Coeur, and I would watch Paris, that futile oasis, scintillating in the wilderness of space. I would weep, because it was so beautiful, and because it was so useless.

We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.

CORO Molte potenze sono tremende ma nessuna lo è più dell'uomo.»

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.

Both noun (eusebia) and verb (sebizo) derive from the Greek root seb-, which refers to the awe that radiates from gods to humans and is given back as worship. Everything related to this root has fear in it.

Numberless are the world's wonders

so much fascinates my eyes, but you ... I shudder at the sight.

Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of her life scaring the bejeezus out of those dudes.

At whose sight all the starsHide their diminish'd heads.