Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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