Awe is not a very comfortable standpoint for many people... Hence, all about us today, we see avoidance of awe-by burying ourselves in materialist science, for example or in absolutist religious positions; or by locking ourselves into systems, whether corporate, familial, or consumerist; or by stupefying ourselves with drugs.

Rediscovery of Awe: Splendor, Mystery and the Fluid Center of Life (ed. Paragon House, 2004)