(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThose who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal 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 issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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