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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The 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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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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