The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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To be is to stand for.
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We worship God through our questions.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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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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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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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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