Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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