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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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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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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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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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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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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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