In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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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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