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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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 true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Existence Moments Presence Of God
Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Encounter Narcissistic Originate Power Self Self Indulgent Thinking Ultimately
In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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