To feel the nearness of God we need intervals of withdrawal
from other men. If we are not to lose ourselves in that real loneliness which
is remoteness from God, we must have periods loneliness upon the earth when our
soul is left to itself and we are remote from other men. If we are not to go astray
in the world, we must look into ourselves and remember our souls and God.
The purpose of prayer is to allow us to be alone with God
and apart from other men, to give us seclusion it the midst of the world. We
are seek loneliness also in the house of God even when it is crowded men, to be
alone there also with ourselves and our God.
Is our life is to be filled with devoutness, we must from
time to time abandoned ways of the world so that enjoy the peace of God. –Abraham Joshua Heschel
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