Sentences with phrase «from feelings of awe»

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Feelings like awe, reverence, and a sense of calm and «separation from the problems of the world» could all force them to take their aircraft into an unplanned maneuver.

Sit in the straw, in a circle of flickering candles, and feel the illuminating awe of God's Word through the unfurling of the greatest love story ever told — Christmas's full love story, right from the beginning of His - Story, like you've never quite heard it told before.

Professor Fraser's Essays in Philosophy, then just published, was the first philosophic book I ever looked into, and I well remember the awe - struck feeling I received from the account of Sir William Hamilton's class - room therein contained.

The vivid imagination and the sharp observation of men and nature that marked his mind; his acquaintance with common speech and his joy in the use of proverbs; indeed, his capacity to express in creative speaking with a skill that only a poet and genius possesses the whole range of human emotions from awe in the presence of the numinous to the feelings of the body — all are reflected in his sermons (as also in the commentaries, his work of the lecture room), not consistently, of course, and not every time, yet most impressively in the Church Postil Sermons, one of the products of his exile on Wartburg Castle, written in order to furnish to the preachers of the Reformation examples of Biblical preaching.

One comes away from a visit to the Vandeweghes with a feeling of awe and — quite frankly — a tinge of angry envy.

Wilshere has been in awe of some of Alonso's passing statistics, and feels he can learn a lot from watching the 32 - year - old on a regular basis and trying to mimic his playing style.

I still feel a bit sad that I wasn't awash with the awe of birth from the start, and I wish that my named midwife had been on duty (she was off after an unrelated injury), because she knew that silence was necessary for me to feel calm, and I wish that my birth supporters, who also knew, had been a bit more vocal for me, but, in the end, what was most important to me — that I birthed my baby peacefully, at home, in water — happened.

By making us feel like a small part of something grander, the authors suggest, awe shifts our attention from our own needs to those of the greater good.

Sheryl: Its amazing to hear that, because at the heart of it all I still feel like just a normal person from Missouri, and the fact that what Im doing impacts anybody that I do nt know is very awe - inspiring.

The more I learn about the inner lives of non-human animals (from both anecdotes and scientific evidence), the more I feel awe and respect for them — and an obligation to treat them ethically.

I'm still in awe from my engagement and all your sweet comments on my Instagram and blog post, I seriously felt the love from every single one of you!

And perhaps therein lies the root of cultural flaw that leaves aging women feeling obsolete and of diminishing worth, instead of wearing the wisdom (and the fab shoe collection) we accumulate from experience with the pride and the awe it deserves.

Speeding through an agricultural field of land at 150 mph, racing down a track to beat a fighter jet that's soaring in the clouds, or simply cruising around the awe - inspiring world of Horizon 2 gives me a refreshing feeling I haven't felt from the genre for years.

The Fellows will speak in tones of awe and mystification about their presence in this place with these people (I remember this «pinch - me» feeling quite clearly from my own time as a Fellow).

The minutiae of his musical mantras can feel overwrought at times, overwhelming the seemingly effortless charm of his childhood stories, from an idyllic summer job as an ice - cream man to his awe for and helplessness in the face of three younger sisters.

From the outset, we wanted to be sure that our books were as scientifically accurate, dramatic, and concise as possible, and we wanted the reader to feel the same sense of awe about the subject — how earth works — that we do.

If you've ever wondered what it feels like for your jaw to physically drop from awe at the sight of stunning ocean panorama, come stay in Uluwatu villas in Bali.

Time and time again, our guests are in awe of the beauty of the waterfalls and feel like they have a whole new perspective on the islands after seeing them from the sky.

Experience the awe of the spectacular views from your suite's private viewing deck or feel as though you're floating on air with a dip in your personal plunge pool on the very edge of the breathtaking precipice.

Read about the fear and awe local residents felt as the skies darkened and ash rained from the sky in Witness: First Hand Accounts of the Largest Volcanic Eruption of the 20th Century.

From George Inness, who «translates just the light and feeling of a fixed hour,» to Vincent van Gogh, whose cypresses are like «voices of aspiration, joy or fear,» to Jackson Pollock, who, Robert Rosenblum wrote, «evokes the sublime mysteries of nature's untamable forces,» artists continually try to capture and replicate the awe - inspiring and the invisible.

Villagers rise from their graves in Cookham churchyard, a place of huge significance from Spencer's boyhood: not exactly a playground, but a part of the village for which the children felt a fascinated awe.

It certainly makes me feel good, it tastes good (to me), and I kind of have the feeling for my kombucha culture that I do for my vegetable plants: excitement, gratitude, and even a bit of awe at what sustenance I can get from so little material.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

To his credit, a warning just in the nick of time could, hypothetically save a life, though at this point all of the evidence that Citizen's impact is net positive and not net negative is from isolated feel - good anecdotes, like Frame's awed account of a man using Citizen to rescue a baby from a hot car — an incident that I will not recount in detail here beyond saying that Citizen seems happy to celebrate incidents of citizen intervention so long as the outcome is positive.

He's gone from feeling protective, to being proud, to being in awe of her.

But I look at some of the quotes from the book now and feel awed by their beauty and wisdom: