Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAll events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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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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A soul can create only when alone.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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