Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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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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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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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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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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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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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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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