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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHowever, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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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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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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