Some Quotes

"When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion - its message becomes meaningless.” - Abraham Heschel
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"The things that we love tell us what we are." --Thomas Merton, “Thoughts in Solitude: Reflections on the Spiritual Life and the Love of Solitude
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A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way. -- Jacob the Baker in the book by the same name