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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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