Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFor many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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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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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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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