Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe 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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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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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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 true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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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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Every little deed counts.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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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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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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