It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMuch of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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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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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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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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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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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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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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