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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELto 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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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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We worship God through our questions.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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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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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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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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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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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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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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