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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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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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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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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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