I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSelf-respect is the root of discipline
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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