The awe of God is wisdom.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt 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.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Every little deed counts.
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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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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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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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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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