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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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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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