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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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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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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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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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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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