There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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We worship God through our questions.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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