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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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