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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere 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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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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