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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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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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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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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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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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