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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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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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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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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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