Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe task of life is to face sacred moments.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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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 meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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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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