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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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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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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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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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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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