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“the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!”

Men Knowledge Virtue Greater Victory Goodness Highest Sacred Awe Heroic

Book:Zorba the Greek

Source: Zorba the Greek

“The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our awe and our loyalty.”

Thinking Sacred Worthy Loyalty Awe Suspects Ornaments

Author:Dennis Lehane

“When Galileo discovered he could use the tools of mathematics and mechanics to understand the motion of celestial bodies, he felt, in the words of one imminent researcher, that he had learned the language in which God recreated the universe. Today we are learning the language in which God created life. We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God's most devine and sacred gift.”

God Use Body Today Science Universe Language Felt Understanding Wonder Tools Mathematics Sacred Complexity Awe Mechanic Celestial Researchers Hens Celestial Bodies

Author:William J. Clinton

“I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure. Sometimes I think that all our learning is the little learning of the maxim. To laugh at a Roman awe-stricken in a sacred grove is to laugh at something today.”

Source: Letters of Wallace Stevens

“What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.”

Humans Heart Wonder Sacred Worthy Awe Reverence Human Heart Evoke Awe And Wonder

Book:The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred

Source: The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred

“I've read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes.”

Book Eye Spirit Religion Spirituality Wonder Garden Remains Sacred Awe Volume

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.”

Spirit Lying Religion Spirituality Language Holy Ordinary Garden Sacred Awe

Book:365 Tao: Daily Meditations

Source: 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

“If every moment is sacred and if you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.”

Ifs States Moments Crazy Humility Worship Sacred Constant Breathing Awe Finding Yourself Amazed Thankfulness

Author:Bernice Johnson Reagon

“The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.”

Firsts Shows Wanted Cities Stage First Time Sacred Awe Second City

Author:Tina Fey