The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The 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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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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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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