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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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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 tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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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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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.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Every little deed counts.
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He 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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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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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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