Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAwareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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