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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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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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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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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 road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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