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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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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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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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