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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Every little deed counts.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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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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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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