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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELEverything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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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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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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