To be is to stand for.
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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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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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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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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Every little deed counts.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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