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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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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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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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The 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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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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