#reverent

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#beginning #called #compassion #ethics #everything

Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard, however, since this endearing quality frequently masquerades as wit. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

It doesn't seem that long ago to me that the word 'irreverent' seemed affixed to my name. 'Irreverent newcomer.' I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye. ↗

— Bob Costas

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I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots. ↗

— Wynonna Judd

#fan #get #i #i am #long

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists. ↗

— Jack Herer

#creative #irreverent #many #masterpieces #most

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#irreverent #john #john lennon #lennon #very

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#cheerful #heart #hopeful #keep #kindly

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would. ↗

— Kesha

#i #irreverent #kids #make #might

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind. ↗

— John Ruskin

#neither #person #reverent #unimaginative

Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats's world by Andrew Motion's biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats's letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me. ↗

— Jane Campion

#andrew #back #between #biography #deep