Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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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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To be is to stand for.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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