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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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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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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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