God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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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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