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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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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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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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