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AWE
Because
philosophy arises from awe,
a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths
and poetic fables.
Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
-- Thomas Aquinas
A schoolmaster
should have an atmosphere of awe,
and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
-- Newton D. Baker
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We
must change our lives, so that it will be possible
to live by the contrary assumption that what is good
for the world will be good for us. And that requires
that we make the effort to know the world and to learn
what is good for it. We must learn to cooperate in
its processes, and to yield to its limits. But even
more important, we must learn to acknowledge that
the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely
understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand
in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of
creation, and the ability to be worshipful in its
presence. For I do not doubt that it is only on the
condition of humility and reverence before the world
that our species will be able to remain in it.
~ Wendell
Berry
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“We
should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility
for our present progress and prosperity. We should
be filled with awe and joy at what lies over the horizon.
And we should be filled with absolute determination
to make the most of it.”
~ Bill
Clinton
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Since
when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively
to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those
who represent us?
-- Justice
William O. Douglas
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“The
most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and all science.
He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no
longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
-- Albert
Einstein
“The
important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity
has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but
be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity,
of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It
is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little
of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
-- Albert
Einstein
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"I have
never been especially impressed by the heroics of people
convinced that they are about to change the world.
I am more awed by ... those who ... struggle to make one
small difference after another."
-- Ellen Goodman
“The
possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious
mind are stupendous and imponderable.
They inspire one with awe.”
-- Napoleon Hill
The
conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our
respect;
but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
-- William Dean Howells
Two
things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral
law within me.
-- Immanuel Kant
"With
our technologies--ones of incalcuable power: earth-restoring,
planet preserving--we can rediscover an intimacy, a
mutuality with the natural world, that is not primitive
(though based in part on fear), but knowing. It might
even be possible to relearn a life of awe. And inhabit
the landscape without violation. With the least violation."
~ Janet Kauffman |
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"...Why
is compassion not part of our established curriculum,
an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe,
wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are
the very foundation of any real civilisation, no longer
the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church,
but belonging to everyone, every child in every school."
-- Yehudi
Menuhin
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Gratitude
bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies,
those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how
we experience life and the world.
-- John Milton
"Making
the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated
simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."
--Charles Mingus
If
the world could remain within a frame like a painting
on the wall,
I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring
in awe.
-- Conor
Oberst
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"Believe
in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without
a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy. Formulate and stamp
indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself
as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never
permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop
the picture. Do not build obstacles in your imagination.
Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy
them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can."
-- Norman Vincent Peale
No
sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative
of awe
than is the night sky scattered thick with stars.
Llewelyn Powys
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“A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence
of the universe as revealed by modern science, might
be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe
hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or
later, such a religion will emerge.”
-- Carl
Sagan
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If you
can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong
with you.
-- Alex Trebek
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