To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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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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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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