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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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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 a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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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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