Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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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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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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