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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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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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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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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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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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