There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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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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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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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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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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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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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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