He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOnly in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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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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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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