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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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A soul can create only when alone.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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