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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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