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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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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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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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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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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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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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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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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.
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