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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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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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We worship God through our questions.
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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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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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