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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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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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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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