Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Every little deed counts.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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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 worship God through our questions.
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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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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