Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIs not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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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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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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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.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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