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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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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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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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