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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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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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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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