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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.

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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Agree Consciousness Knowing Man Normal Real Responsiveness Sensibility State Stupor Wholly
It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Amazed Beginning Fact Wisdom
Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Deeds Speech End Fade Power Sound State
Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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Alert Greed Heart Jealousy Man Relishing Stillness
We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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Approach Awareness Repair Reverence Spirit Unless Word
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Either God Importance Important Supreme
Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Commitment Decision Living Love Risk Worth
There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Answer Awareness Built Consciousness Gratitude Indebtedness Man Owning Sense
In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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Attend Eye Live Perceive Primarily Reality Sense Space Spelling
Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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Compassion Glory Humankind Power Presence Will
Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Age Animal Attainment Chief Man Merit Nature Power Taken Usefulness
By the word of God the world was created.
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Created God Self Trust Word
To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Answer Compatible Grandeur Live Mystery
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Control Giving Goal Own Realm Share Space Time
The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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God Isolation Life Partly Religion Segregated Tragedy
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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Aeons Contain Idea Power Sabbath Shining Spiritual World

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