Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFaith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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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.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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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 course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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