CURATED COLLECTION

Awe at the Universe

The universe is incomprehensibly vast and old — and somehow that makes the present moment feel more precious.

44 quotes found

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Heaven and Earth are only names for the same great entity, the Ultimate Source.

—LieziTaoist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Everything in the universe, from particle to planet, reflects a single truth.

—Ibn TufaylPhilosopher & Physician

Medieval ERA • MENA

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In the silence of the village, I hear the universe breathing.

—Namdeo Dhondo MahanorPoet

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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The beauty of the world is almost the only way by which we can allow God to penetrate us.

—Simone WeilPhilosopher, Mystic & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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God is in everything, just as everything is in God.

—Giordano BrunoPhilosopher & Mathematician

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

—John KeatsPoet

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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There is a force that from the motion of the stars gives light to the moon and the sun.

—Hildegard of BingenComposer, Philosopher & Mystic

Medieval ERA • Western Europe

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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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Mountains and rivers are the expressions of the Buddha‑dharma.

—Eihei DogenScholar & Thinker

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.

—Federico García LorcaPoet & Playwright

Early Modern ERA • Southern Europe

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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

—Rabindranath TagorePoet, Philosopher & Artist

Industrial Age ERA • South Asia

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The moon appears from the ocean; a thousand miles, she shares the light.

—Li BaiPoet

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Our ancestors were ocean people, and so are we.

—Epeli Hau'ofaWriter & Anthropologist

Late Modern ERA • Oceania

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To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

—Walt WhitmanPoet & Essayist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

—Rabindranath TagorePoet, Philosopher & Artist

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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Mind (Nous) is infinite and self‑ruled, and is mixed with nothing.

—AnaxagorasPre-Socratic Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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They are in the water that sleeps, they are in the water that runs.

—Birago DiopPoet & Writer

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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The universe is a book, and everything in it is a letter.

—Ibrahim al-KoniNovelist

Contemporary ERA • North Africa

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An old silent pond. A frog jumps into the pond. Splash! Silence again.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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Our lives are like the rivers, flowing ever onward to a vast, unknown sea.

—Sarojini NaiduPoet & Activist

Early Modern ERA • South Asia

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