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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELReality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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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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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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