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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Attention Celebration Confrontation Transcendent
The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Degree Humanity Index One People Sensitive Suffering
But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Beyond End Itself Life Meaningful Serving Someone Unless Value
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Church Deal God Great Problem Provoking Sometimes Worry
Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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Amazement Anything Beyond Final Radical Reality Refusing Way Wonder
Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Commitment Decision Living Love Risk Worth
feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Feel Feels Eternal Passing Rush Stillness
Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Acquisition Amazed Control Life Space Wrong
The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Answer New Query Question Rise
Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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Attached Consecrate Emerge Holiness Learn Sanctuaries Teaches
Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Action Attention Celebration Confrontation Giving Transcendent
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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Asking Closer God Question Thinking
The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Amass Face Goal Healing Higher Moment Scared Spiritual Wealth
There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Art Live Pray Prayer Specialized Training
Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Deed Divine Extol Pagan Prophets Sacred Thing

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