When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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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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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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Every little deed counts.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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To be is to stand for.
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