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

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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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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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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