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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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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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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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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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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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