“As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial.” WantMadeSaidFeelingsReadyHabitConstantExcellenceAweRelaxRelaxationAwe Inspiring Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“When I read Spencer Madsen’s poetry, I not only feel awe because he’s so good, one of the best, but I also think about how everything in the world is happening at the same time, and how the world we get to know is so heavily edited down. It’s the hugest, weirdest feeling. I wish Spencer Madsen could be everywhere at once. I really love You Can Make Anything Sad.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsFeelingsWishLove YouHappeningsAweEdited Author:Dennis Cooper
“The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.” GivingHumansFeelingsWonderHighestCapableAweGod DelusionHuman PsycheAwe And Wonder Book:Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder Source: Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
“Nothing can better express the feelings of the scientist towards the great unity of the laws of nature than in Immanuel Kant's words: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing awe: the stars above me and the moral law within me."... Would he, who did not yet know of the evolution of the world of organisms, be shocked that we consider the moral law within us not as something given, a priori, but as something which has arisen by natural evolution, just like the laws of the heavens?” KnowsWorldMindTwoFeelingsLawGivenHeavenStarsNaturalMoralEvolutionScientistUnityTwo ThingsAweOrganismsShockedLaws Of NatureMoral Law Author:Konrad Lorenz