The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere 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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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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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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