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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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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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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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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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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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