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

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Completly Crisis Discipline Faith Habit Replaced Worship

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