There 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.
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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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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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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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We worship God through our questions.
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