We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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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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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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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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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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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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