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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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