Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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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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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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