In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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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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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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