Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELNormal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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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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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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