To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELEvery little deed counts.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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Every little deed counts.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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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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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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