Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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To be is to stand for.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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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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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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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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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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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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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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