I am commanded therefore I am.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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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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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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