There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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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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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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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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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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We worship God through our questions.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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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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