Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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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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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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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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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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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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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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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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