To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOnly those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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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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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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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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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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To be is to stand for.
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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