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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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God Light Seeing Way World Worship
The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Existence Moments Presence Of God
There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Answer Awareness Built Consciousness Gratitude Indebtedness Man Owning Sense
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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Expediency Fall Man Motivation Naturally Right Supreme
Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Divine Energy God Issue Power Prayer Soul Spiritual Workshop
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Catacomb Civilization Concern Human Remain Skyscraper Worship
You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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Audacious Burning Daring Longing Song Thought
One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Ability Faith God Issue Play Pray Prayer Unless
The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Able Essence Hard Work Man Mindset Positive
In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Appreciation First Manipulation Surround Way
This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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