It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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 utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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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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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Every little deed counts.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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