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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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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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 our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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