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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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Encounter Narcissistic Originate Power Self Self Indulgent Thinking Ultimately
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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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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