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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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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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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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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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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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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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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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