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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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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.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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