To be is to stand for.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhen religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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