Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFaith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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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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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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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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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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