The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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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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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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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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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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