Quotes about Reverence
Hence the sacred attitude is one which does not recoil from our own inner emptiness, but rather penetrates into it with awe and reverence, and with the awareness of mystery.
— Thomas Merton
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of heaven. And
— Thomas Merton
For if we have no real interest in praising Him, it shows that we have never realized who He is.
— Thomas Merton
In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.
— CS Lewis
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
— CS Lewis
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
— George Eliot
The fewer the words, the better prayer.
— Martin Luther
A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness.
— Jonathan Edwards
Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
When we worship something, we are affirming its value to us. We do that with our actions as well as with our hearts.
— Charles Swindoll
When you bow your head to pray—when you're in a jam and you need to ask God for something—are you aware of who you're talking to?
— Chip Ingram
To fear God simply means to take God seriously, as opposed to taking God casually.
— Tony Evans