The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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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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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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