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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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