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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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