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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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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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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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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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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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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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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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