Self-respect is the root of discipline
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIndeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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