Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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