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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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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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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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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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