And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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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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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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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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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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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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.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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