When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTrust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Every little deed counts.
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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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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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By the word of God the world was created.
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