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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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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 task of life is to face sacred moments.
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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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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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