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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Every little deed counts.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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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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