Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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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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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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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.
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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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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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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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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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