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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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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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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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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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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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