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All action is vicarious faith.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Contempt Far Kingdom Man Peril Plain Retain Share Task War
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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Earth Failure Forget God Man Master Servant Sin
To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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God History Jungle Radiance Ray Sense
Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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Awareness Companionship Divine Faith God Man Mind Mutuality Quality
To be is to stand for.
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Be Nature Positive Power Raise Stand To Voice
Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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Human Being Involve Living Responsible Role Understanding World
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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Correlated Inspire Inspired Rest Sabbath Seventh Weekday
It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Critical Experiment Initiate Knowledge People Qualities Risk
Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Appreciation Information Mankind Perish Want
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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Chant Man Praise Prayer Primary Purpose Request Sin Song
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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Anxious Financial Maturity Mean People Prepare Spiritual
By the word of God the world was created.
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Created God Self Trust Word
I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Ask Mindset Motivation Positive Success Wonder
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Autobiography Course Future Life Unpredictable Writing
This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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Absurdity Amen Author Defiance Vocation
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Blessing Faith Gratitude Holy Life

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