Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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