(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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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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