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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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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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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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