Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIs not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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