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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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