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 HESCHELIt is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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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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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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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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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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