The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELNew 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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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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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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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