Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA soul can create only when alone.
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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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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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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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