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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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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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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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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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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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