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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Those 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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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