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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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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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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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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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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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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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