Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELProximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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 beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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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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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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