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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.

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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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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