Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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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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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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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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