Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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.
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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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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Every little deed counts.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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