Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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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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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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