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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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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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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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Everytime Forgot Loss Man Memory Message Messenger
We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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