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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Catacomb Civilization Concern Human Remain Skyscraper Worship

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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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Analysis Dignity Intuition Realization Simple Stand
Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Decay Eternal Failing Grandeur Spiritual Time
When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Authority Compassion Message Name Religion Speak Voice
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Church Deal God Great Problem Provoking Sometimes Worry
I am commanded therefore I am.
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Commanded Feeling Proud Self Therefore
The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Dimension Essential Existence Expediency Men Refuted Reign Supremacy Time
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Different Hub Pray Prayer Self Setting Step World
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Advance Alarming Appreciation Civilization Mind State Symptom Wonder
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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Absurdities Disappointment Frustration Redeem Share World
The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Degree Humanity Index One People Sensitive Suffering
The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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Destination Lead Road Sacred Secular Work
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Amused Appreciation Entertainment Giving People Seek
The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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God Isolation Life Partly Religion Segregated Tragedy
It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Amazed Beginning Fact Wisdom
You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Art Build Dream Hard Work Life Motivate Success Work
The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Abyss Anchor Deeper Despair Heart Infinite Man Meaning Reach

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