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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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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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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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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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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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