Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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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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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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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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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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