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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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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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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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 cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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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.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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