Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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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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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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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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