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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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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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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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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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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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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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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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