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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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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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