Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTrust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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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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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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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 the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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