Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA soul can create only when alone.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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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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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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