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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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To 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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