Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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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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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Every little deed counts.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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