Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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 answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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