“Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.” LongTwoEyeFormMysteryDivinePaperSizePhilosopherArchitectureMelodyInchesRoofMagnificentCurvesSymbolicGrandeurCathedrals Book:Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers Source: Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers
“A dim consciousness of infinite mystery and grandeur lies beneath all the commonplace of life . There is an awfulness and a majesty around us, in all our little worldliness .” LittlesLyingConsciousnessMysteryInfiniteMajestyCommonplaceGrandeurWorldlinessAwfulness Book:Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry Source: Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry
“Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.” WayRealityGivenWonderMysteryHonestRegardResponseFinalsGrantedRadicalConfrontationGrandeurAmazement Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind” MindScienceMysteryGrandeurNarrow-minded Author:Francis Bacon