The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELInstead 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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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