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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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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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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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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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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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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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