Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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