Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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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.
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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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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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To be is to stand for.
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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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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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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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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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