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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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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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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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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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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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