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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Aeon Cherished Cosmic Shread Tapestry Theory
This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Audacity Forfeit God Hour Humiliate Long Moral Negroes Right Spiritual
Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Calm Discipline Mindset Positive Respect Root Self Vibe
Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Depend Fulfillment Man Surprise True
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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Faith Gardener Lord Mankind May Plant Sacred Secret Upland
Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Faith Hard Work Job Religious Result Shaken Success
A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Combine Faced Loyalty Religious Tolerance Tradition
Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Dedicate Dedication End Power Prayer Soul True Will Worship
However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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Axiom Convert Operate Outside Perception
A soul can create only when alone.
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Alone Create Feeling Proximity Soul Understand
Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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Dimension Essential Immutable Majesty Supreme Time
Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Appreciation Die Information Mankind

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