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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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