Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod 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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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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We worship God through our questions.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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To be is to stand for.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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