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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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