God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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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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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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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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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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