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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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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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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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Every little deed counts.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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