To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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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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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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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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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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