| AWE see also:Fear of God; Worship | 敬畏 |
| We are encouraged to come freely to God but not
flippantly. Alistair Begg 我們受鼓勵要坦然無懼地來到上帝面前,但絕不可輕率隨便。 |
| Awe is the primary religious
emotion. Abraham Joshua Heschel 敬畏是最基本的宗教情操。 |
| We should give God the same place in our hearts that
he holds in the universe. Blaise Pascal 我們應當在心中給予上帝一個位置,正如同祂在宇宙中所佔有的地位一樣。 |
| Where there is no awe the
highest love is surely lacking. Peter Green 缺乏敬畏之處,同樣缺乏無比的愛。 |
| When we cannot, by searching, find the bottom, we
must sit down at the brink and adore the depth. Matthew Henry 當我們遍尋不著、無法探底時,我們必須坐在邊緣,以敬畏心情看著深不可測的奧秘。 |
| Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within. Immanuel Kant 兩樣東西,我越是持久而殷勤地思考,心中的敬畏與讚嘆就越是日新月異、與日俱增:一是我頭頂的燦爛星空,二是我內心的道德準則。 |
| He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein 那無法再駐足於驚嘆與敬畏之中的人,與死無異;他的雙眼已經閉上。 |
| Awe is the best part of humanity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 敬畏是人類所能擁有的最高情感。 |
| Awe is an intuition for the dignity that is within all things, a realization that things not only are what they are, but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme. Abraham Joshua Heschel 敬畏是一種直覺,意識到事物的深度超出了我們的理解範疇。 |