I feel absolute reverence to nobody and to nothing human

neither to persons nor things nor ideas, ideals nor religions nor institutions,

to these things I feel only respect, and a tinge of reverence

when I see the fluttering of pure life in them.

But to something unseen, unknown, creative

from which I feel I am a derivative

I feel absolute reverence, Say no more!

David Herbert Lawrence 1885 – 1930