For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn 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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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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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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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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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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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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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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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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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