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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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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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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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 anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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