The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELBy the word of God the world was created.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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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.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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