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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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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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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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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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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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