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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Appreciation Information Mankind Perish Want
The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Attain Fulfillment Human Human Being People Pertain Shared
Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Appreciation Die Information Mankind
I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Cease Evil Individual Morning Sunshine

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