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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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