Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.
The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God.
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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.
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.
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method.
The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
To be is to stand for.
The awe of God is wisdom.
All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.