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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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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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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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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