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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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 fruit of discipline.
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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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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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