It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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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 higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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