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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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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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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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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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