The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Every little deed counts.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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