Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAll action is vicarious faith.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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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 task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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All action is vicarious faith.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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We worship God through our questions.
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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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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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