Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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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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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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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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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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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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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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