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To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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