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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Commanded Feeling Proud Self Therefore
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Answer New Query Question Rise
Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Feeling Good Gratefulness Soul
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Abyss Anchor Deeper Despair Heart Infinite Man Meaning Reach
It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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Beyond Exist Force Mind Physical Quality
For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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Affecting Deriving Exploiting Living World
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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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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