Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHe who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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