To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhen we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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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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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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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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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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