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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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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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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Every little deed counts.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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