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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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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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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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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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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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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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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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