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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Every little deed counts.
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Count Deed Everything Little Responsibility Saving Success
Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Done Essence Good Prize Reward Sake Virtue
Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Appreciation Information Mankind Perish Want
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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