Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHow embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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 issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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