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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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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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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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