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.
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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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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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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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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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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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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