We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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