I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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Every little deed counts.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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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 test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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