The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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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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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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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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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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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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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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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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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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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