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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Care Concern Essence Existence Human Justice Perplexity Solved Transcend
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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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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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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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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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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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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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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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Church God Greater Seem Separation State
Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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