To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOne of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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To be is to stand for.
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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 opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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