We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.

People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel

There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.

The awe of God is wisdom.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.