Quotes about Awe

Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed.

Oh, Earth, you're too wonderful for anyone to realize you!" Then

Those who smirk at His walking on water have forgotten the miracle He has already performed in the very composition of water.

You must realize that you can never deserve God's blessings—you can never be worthy of them. You can only humbly accept and appreciate them, and be in awe of how good He is and how much He loves you.

true encounter with the God of the universe makes me feel gladly small, perfectly puny, and happily so, in my assigned place and actual size! A true experience of eternity leaves us feeling, as C. S. Lewis said, "the infinite relief of having for once got rid of all the silly nonsense about your own dignity which has made you restless and unhappy all your life."28

Therefore God's universal law gave to the man despotic power over his female in due awe, not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.

Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.

Everything in man should halt in awe...Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

Evolution, as a mechanism, can be and must be true. But that says nothing about the nature of its author. For those who believe in God, there are reasons now to be more in awe, not less.

STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature

...the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent.