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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSelf-respect is the root of discipline
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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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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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 essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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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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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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