Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELKnowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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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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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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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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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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