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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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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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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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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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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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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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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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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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