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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Awe Everything Mystery Reference Sense Transcendence
Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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Affording Evil Indifference Justification Silent Society
I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Cease Evil Individual Morning Sunshine
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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Agree Consciousness Knowing Man Normal Real Responsiveness Sensibility State Stupor Wholly
To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Common Eternal Feel Passing Rush Stillness Ultimate
There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Answer Awareness Built Consciousness Gratitude Indebtedness Man Owning Sense
The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Answer New Query Question Rise
Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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Conceive God Most Reality Substance Thing Thinghood
Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Adventure Commonplace Friendship Gregariousness Heart Human Loyalty Man Relationship Syllogstic
To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Become Company Ineffable Part Word
It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Amazed Beginning Fact Wisdom
To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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God History Jungle Radiance Ray Sense
Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Aeon Cherished Cosmic Shread Tapestry Theory
Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Always Control Criticism Inner Listen Self Voice Wise
Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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Church God Greater Seem Separation State
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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Everytime Forgot Loss Man Memory Message Messenger

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