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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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