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I am commanded therefore I am.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Affording Evil Indifference Justification Silent Society
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Assumption Darkness Evident God Hypothesis Immediate Insight Light Self
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Callousness Hatred Meaningless Overthrow Prayer Pyramid Ruin Seek Subversive Unless
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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Character Fashion Follow Man Memories Memory Rich Soul Stored Test
Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Beyond End Itself Life Meaningful Serving Someone Unless Value
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.
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Compassion Glory Humankind Power Presence Will
Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Deed Divine Extol Pagan Prophets Sacred Thing
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Autobiography Course Future Life Unpredictable Writing
Every little deed counts.
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Count Deed Everything Little Responsibility Saving Success
(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Attain Fulfillment Human Human Being People Pertain Shared
Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Action Attention Celebration Confrontation Giving Transcendent
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Blessing Faith Gratitude Holy Life
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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Evil Good Indifference Opposite
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Amused Appreciation Entertainment Giving People Seek
All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Horrified Horror Left Loss Sense
Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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Dimension Essential Immutable Majesty Supreme Time

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