In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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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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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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