Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA soul can create only when alone.
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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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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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