(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAudacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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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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A soul can create only when alone.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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