Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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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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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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