The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELUltimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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