In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to sel…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays, p.342, Macmillan
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