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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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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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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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