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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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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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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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