“When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to myself, 'Wow, only God knew before.' It is a profoundly beautiful and moving sensation, which helps me appreciate God and makes science even more rewarding for me.” HumansHelpingBeautifulMovingMysteryAppreciateAweHelp MeSensationsWowMystery Of LifeGenome Author:Francis Collins
“Popular Christianity has for its emblem a gibbet, for its chief sensation a sanginary execution after torture, for its central mystery is an insane vengeance bought off by a trumpery expiation. But there is a nobler and profounder Christianity which affirms the sacred mystery of equality and forbids the glaring futility and folly of vengeance.” ChristianityMysterySacredInsaneChiefsTortureFollySensationsExecutionVengeanceFutilityEmblems Book:Pygmalion and Major Barbara Source: Pygmalion and Major Barbara
“The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.” IfsKnowsFallVoiceMemoriesMysteryHeightContemplationCosmosSensationsInsignificantSpinePale Blue Dot Book:Cosmos Source: Cosmos
“..bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation-to make a point-than to further the cause of truth." Dupin in "The Mystery of Marie Roget” MindCausesMysteryObjectsBearsNewspapersSensationsMarie Author:Edgar Allan Poe
“We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.” LooksWonderMysteryAwarenessFunctionDancingDanceVarietySensationsAffirmationSpectatorsVigorImpartDance LifeWonder Of LifeDance Is Life Author:Martha Graham