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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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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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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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 can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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