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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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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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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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