It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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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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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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