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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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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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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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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 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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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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