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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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Faith Gardener Lord Mankind May Plant Sacred Secret Upland
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Assumption Darkness Evident God Hypothesis Immediate Insight Light Self
Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Art Knowledge never Private Property Sky Teacher Teaching
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Applauding Bible Civilization Complacency Emotion Knives Positive Quote Slashing Voice
Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Acquisition Amazed Control Life Space Wrong
Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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Acceptance Appreciate Appreciation High Seem Value
To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Amazed Environment Nature Spiritual
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Control Giving Goal Own Realm Share Space Time
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Free Guilty Responsible Society Terrible
Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Divine Power Prayer Save Saved Worthy
Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Aeon Cherished Cosmic Shread Tapestry Theory
I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Against Learn Mut Still Surprise
Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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Alien Energy Imposed Law Longer Particular Principle Revolt Society
Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Deeds Speech End Fade Power Sound State
Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Appreciation Information Mankind Perish Want
A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Compassion Greatest Man Passion Person Religious

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