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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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