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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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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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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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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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