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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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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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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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