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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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