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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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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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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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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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 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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