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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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We worship God through our questions.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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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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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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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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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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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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