In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOnly those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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