Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSpiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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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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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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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 utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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