In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Every little deed counts.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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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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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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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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