To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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