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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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 use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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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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By the word of God the world was created.
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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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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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