Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAwareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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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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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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