It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHow embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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To be is to stand for.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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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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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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