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Letter "A" » awe
«Big machines are the awe-inspiring cathedrals of the 20th century.»
Author: Daniel Kleppner
| Keywords:
awe-inspiring, awe, cathedrals, inspiring, machines, The 20th Century
«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.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Religion
| Keywords:
awe, conventional, emerge, faiths, magnificence, modern science, reserves, revealed, revealed religion, reverence, sooner or later, stressed, tapped
«Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver.»
Author: Dr. Laurence J. Peter
(Educator, Writer)
| Keywords:
awe, bus, bus driver, cage, dozen, driver, half a dozen, half dozen, in awe of, lions, school bus, tamer, tamers, tamest
«Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.»
Author: John Milton
(Historian, Poet, Scholar)
| Keywords:
allowing, awe, bestows, encounter, epiphanies, epiphany, gratitude, reverence, transcendent
«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.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
| Keywords:
alike, arises, awe, awed, awes, bound, fables, in awe of, lover, myths, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, poetic, poets
«He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
as good as, As Good as Dead, awe, awed, awes, closed, in awe of, pause, rapt
«A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Friends
| Keywords:
at hand, awe-inspiring, awe, awed, awes, clearly, far and near, inhabit, inhabits, inspiring, in awe of, mountain, mountain pass, nearer, passing, the Mountain, The Valley, valley, visible
«Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.»
«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.»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| Keywords:
abiding, awe, deprived, deprived of, discourage, ensue, ensued, ensues, ensuing, horrid, invader, Invaders, law-abiding, mischief, plunderer, plunderers, preserve
«Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the strong in awe.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Conscience
| Keywords:
at first, awe, cowards, devised, devises, devising, First to
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