Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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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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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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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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