I am commanded therefore I am.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFaith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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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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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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