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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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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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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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