The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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