Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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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.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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