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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

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Attend Eye Live Perceive Primarily Reality Sense Space Spelling
Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Audacious Burning Daring Longing Song Thought
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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Center Function Hub Prayer Revolving Spoke Wheel
Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Dimension Essential Immutable Majesty Supreme Time
When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Experience Pray Praying World
To be is to stand for.
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Be Nature Positive Power Raise Stand To Voice
In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Appreciation First Manipulation Surround Way
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Awe Crevice Dear Grace Lord Man Number Surprise Universe
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Chant Man Praise Prayer Primary Purpose Request Sin Song
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Art Knowledge never Private Property Sky Teacher Teaching
It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Answer Answering Ask Encompass Enough Know Querry Questions Want
It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Empty Enter Live Perishing Waiting
Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Expediency Fall Man Motivation Naturally Right Supreme
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Either God Importance Important Supreme
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Absurdity Art Beyond Count Deed Meaning Power Remember
We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Air Spring Sunday

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