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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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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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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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