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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Aeons Contain Idea Power Sabbath Shining Spiritual World
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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Amazement Goal Life Look Morning Spiritual World
Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Common Few Forgive Guilty Mistake People Responsible
All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Beyond Comprehensive Event Horizon Relationship Sweep
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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God Light Seeing Way World Worship
That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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Equation Existence Man Own Self Thinking Transcend Trap
Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Bible Compromise Demand Imperative Memory Remember
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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Common Eternal Passing Rush Sense Simple Stillness Ultimate
Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Beyond End Itself Life Meaningful Serving Someone Unless Value
Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Always Control Criticism Inner Listen Self Voice Wise
One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Broken Existed Our Prayer Sensitivity Symptom Today World
Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Dedicate Dedication End Power Prayer Soul True Will Worship
The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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God Isolation Life Partly Religion Segregated Tragedy
Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Faith Hard Work Job Religious Result Shaken Success
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Agree Dawn Mock Scoff Sneer Star Totality
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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Completly Crisis Discipline Faith Habit Replaced Worship
Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Art Knowledge never Private Property Sky Teacher Teaching
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Catacomb Civilization Concern Human Remain Skyscraper Worship
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Divine Energy God Issue Power Prayer Soul Spiritual Workshop
God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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Debate Explanation God Order Origin Second Thought Universal
The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Dimension Essential Existence Expediency Men Refuted Reign Supremacy Time
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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Endlessly Exclusive Given Hour Moment Two Unique Years
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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Agree Consciousness Knowing Man Normal Real Responsiveness Sensibility State Stupor Wholly
The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Chief Creation God Purpose Resouces Utilization
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Awe Crevice Dear Grace Lord Man Number Surprise Universe
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Advance Alarming Appreciation Civilization Mind State Symptom Wonder
To be is to stand for.
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Be Nature Positive Power Raise Stand To Voice

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