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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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To be is to stand for.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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