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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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