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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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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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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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Amazement Anything Beyond Final Radical Reality Refusing Way Wonder
Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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 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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Common Eternal Passing Rush Sense Simple Stillness Ultimate
The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Answer New Query Question Rise
What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Category Higher Maintaining Power

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