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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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Feel Feels Eternal Passing Rush Stillness
Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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Church God Greater Seem Separation State
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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Authority Compassion Message Name Religion Speak Voice
Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Dedicate Dedication End Power Prayer Soul True Will Worship
Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Animal Box Indeed Man Primarily Satisfaction Tool
The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Degree Humanity Index One People Sensitive Suffering
We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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Fool Spirit Tool Tragedy Vessel Word
It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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Dangerous Freedom Human Obligation Prerogative Regard
Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Abyss Bottom Confine Discovered Heart Human Infinite
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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Alert Greed Heart Jealousy Man Relishing Stillness
I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Against Learn Mut Still Surprise
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Church Deal God Great Problem Provoking Sometimes Worry
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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Beyond End Itself Life Meaningful Serving Someone Unless Value
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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Evil Good Indifference Opposite
To be is to stand for.
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