God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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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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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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In 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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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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