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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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There 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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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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Attend Eye Live Perceive Primarily Reality Sense Space Spelling
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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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